Electronic gaming and the obesity crisis

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

Volumn 2013, Issue 139, 2013, Pages 51-57

  Calvert, Sandra L ^a   Staiano, Amanda E ^b   Bond, Bradley J ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BELGIUM; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84874996500     PISSN: 15203247     EISSN: 15348687     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/cad.20031     Document Type: Article

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