Dutch children and parents' views on active and non-Active video gaming

Health Promotion International

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-243

  De Vet, Emely ^a,b   Simons, Monique ^a,c   Wesselman, Maarten ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NISB   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

children; parents; physical activity; video games

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84900791902     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/das064     Document Type: Article

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