The associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and academic performance

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1004-1009

  Maher, Carol ^a   Lewis, Lucy ^a   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^b   Dumuid, Dot ^a   Cassidy, Leah ^c   Olds, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Department for Education and Child Development ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic; Physical activity; School; Sedentary

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; READING; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SPELLING; WRITING; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; LITERACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ACCELEROMETRY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LITERACY; MALE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84959867759     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.02.010     Document Type: Article

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