Predictors for moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity during an 18-month coordinated school health intervention

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 466-470

  Seo, Dong Chul ^a   King, Mindy H ^b   Kim, Nayoung ^b   Sovinski, Danielle ^b   Meade, Rhonda ^c   Lederer, Alyssa M ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Welborn Baptist Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Obesity; Physical activity; School health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GRADUATE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MODERATE INTENSITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TREATMENT DURATION; VEGETABLE; VIGOROUS INTENSITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

INTERVENTION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84885856145     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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