Relationships among fitness, obesity, screen time and academic achievement in Japanese adolescents

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 163, Issue , 2016, Pages 161-166

  Morita, Noriteru ^a   Nakajima, Toshihiro ^b   Okita, Koichi ^c   Ishihara, Toru ^d   Sagawa, Masato ^a   Yamatsu, Koji ^e  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HOKUSHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Children; Exercise capacity; Overweight; Physical inactivity; Sedentary

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT OBESITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; VIDEO GAME; ACHIEVEMENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EDUCATION; MICROCOMPUTER; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTILIZATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84969151303     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.04.055     Document Type: Article

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