Effect of four additional physical education lessons on body composition in children aged 8-13 years - a prospective study during two school years

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Klakk, Heidi ^a,b   Chinapaw, Mai ^c   Heidemann, Malene ^d   Andersen, Lars B ^a,e   Wedderkopp, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LILLEBAELT   (Denmark)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; DXA; Longitudinal study; Obesity prevention; School based intervention; Total body fat percentage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CURRICULUM; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84885563805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-170     Document Type: Article

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