Abstract
These consistently related variables should be confirmed in prospective studies, and interventions to improve the modifiable variables should be developed and evaluated.
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Physical activityPsychological interventionEthnic groupOverweightPsychologySiblingDevelopmental psychologyGerontologyMedicineDemographyBody mass indexPhysical therapyPsychiatry
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- 2000
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- review
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 963-975
- Citations
- 4308
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James F. Sallis,
Judith J. Prochaska,
Wendell C. Taylor
(2000).
A review of correlates of physical activity of children and adolescents.
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
, 32
(5)
, 963-975.
https://doi.org/10.1097/00005768-200005000-00014
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- DOI
- 10.1097/00005768-200005000-00014