The contribution of school breaks to the all-day physical activity of 9- and 10-year-old overweight and non-overweight children

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 711-718

  Groffik, Dorota ^a   Sigmund, Erik ^b   Frömel, Karel ^b   Chmelík, František ^b   Nováková Lokvencová, Petra ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

ActiTrainer; Break; Heart rate; Obesity; School regime; Steps

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLAND; SCHOOL; TIME;

CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; POLAND; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864049673     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0355-z     Document Type: Article

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