The value of (pre)school playgrounds for children's physical activity level: A systematic review

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Broekhuizen, Karen ^a,b   Scholten, Anne Marie ^a,c   De Vries, Sanne I ^a,c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Evidence Based Medicine in Old Age (IEMO)   (Netherlands)

^c THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Kindergarten; Physical activity; Playground; Recess; Schoolyard

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; EMBASE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SCHOOL PLAYGROUND; STAFF TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901498571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-11-59     Document Type: Review

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