Mastery of gross motor skills in preschool and early elementary school obese children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 795-802

  Khalaj, Nafiseh ^a,b   Amri, Saidon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

age; elementary school children; gross motor skill; obesity; preschool children; TGMD 2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897603708     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2013.820724     Document Type: Article

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