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The pandemic of low physical activity in children and adolescents

Reilly, John (2015) The pandemic of low physical activity in children and adolescents. Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal, 4 (May). pp. 234-238.

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Abstract

Modern children are fatter, less physically fit (including aerobic fitness) and less physically active than in the recent past. These secular trends have occurred in many countries, but have been described most clearly in Canada

Item type: Article
ID code: 60162
Keywords: low physical activity, children, physical activity, healthy children, Personal health and hygiene, including exercise, nutrition , Child Health. Child health services, Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Subjects: Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Personal health and hygiene, including exercise, nutrition
Medicine > Pediatrics > Child Health. Child health services
Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Psychological Science and Health > Physical Activity for Health
Depositing user: Pure Administrator
Date deposited: 13 Mar 2017 15:22
Last modified: 07 Feb 2019 09:05
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URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/60162
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