Associations between grades and physical activity and food choices: Results from YRBS from a large urban school district

Health Education

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-151

  Snelling, Anastasia ^a   Belson, Sarah Irvine ^a   Beard, Jonathan ^b   Young, Kathleen ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Office of Academic Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescent health; Food; Health disparities; Health promotion; Learning; Media Paper type Research paper; Nutrition; Obesity; Physical activity; Schools; Screen time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921712561     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/HE-03-2014-0028     Document Type: Article

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