The role of motor competence and body mass index in children's activity levels in physical education classes

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-130

  Spessato, Barbara Coiro ^a   Gabbard, Carl ^b   Valentini, Nadia C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Motor behavior; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877336645     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: 15432769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.32.2.118     Document Type: Article

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