The impact of a 20-month physical activity intervention in child care centers on motor performance and weight in overweight and healthy-weight preschool children

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 919-932

  Krombholz, Heinz ^a  

^a State Institute of Early Childhood Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DAY CARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 84872154256     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/06.10.25.PMS.115.6.919-932     Document Type: Article

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