Efficacy and feasibility of lowering playground density to promote physical activity and to discourage sedentary time during recess at preschool: A pilot study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 319-321

  Van Cauwenberghe, Eveline ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Maes, Lea ^a   Cardon, Greet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Health promotion; Physical activity; Preschool children; Sedentary time; Unstructured play

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867402147     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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