Effectiveness of a school-based fitness program on youths' physical and psychosocial health outcomes

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 546-557

  Weiss, Maureen R ^a   Phillips, Alison C ^a   Kipp, Lindsay E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Obesity; Self perceptions; Youth development

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GIRL; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; STUDENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84958042128     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.2015-0011     Document Type: Article

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