‘Getting fit basically just means, like, nonfat’: children’s lessons in fitness and fatness

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 463-484

  Powell, Darren ^a   Fitzpatrick, Katie ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body pedagogies; Children; Children's voices; Elementary schools; Fitness; Obesity; Physical activity; Physical education; Visual methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926223885     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2013.777661     Document Type: Article

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