Effect of a governmentally-led physical activity program on motor skills in young children attending child care centers: A cluster randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bonvin, Antoine ^a   Barral, Jérôme ^a   Kakebeeke, Tanja H ^b   Kriemler, Susi ^c   Longchamp, Anouk ^d   Schindler, Christian ^e   Marques Vidal, Pedro ^f   Puder, Jardena J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Health League   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child care centers; Government; Motor skills; Physical activity; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVERWEIGHT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; OVERWEIGHT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879828450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-90     Document Type: Article

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