Temperament and Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time among Canadian Preschoolers

Preventive Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 598-601

  Irwin, Jennifer D ^a   Johnson, Andrew M ^a   Vanderloo, Leigh M ^a   Burke, Shauna M ^a   Tucker, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Child temperament; Physical activity; Preschoolers; Sedentary time

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CANADIAN; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD TEMPERAMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84938272355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.07.007     Document Type: Article

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