Determinant factors of physical fitness in European children

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 573-582

  Zaqout, Mahmoud ^a   Vyncke, Krishna ^a   Moreno, Luis A ^b   De Miguel Etayo, Pilar ^b   Lauria, Fabio ^c   Molnar, Denes ^d   Lissner, Lauren ^e   Hunsberger, Monica ^e   Veidebaum, Toomas ^f   Tornaritis, Michael ^g   Reisch, Lucia A ^h   Bammann, Karin ^i,j   Sprengeler, Ole ^j   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^j   Michels, Nathalie ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^g Research and Education Institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^h Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^j LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; IDEFICS; Lifestyle; Parental determinants; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 84962167090     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-016-0811-2     Document Type: Article

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