Physical Activity Breaks and Facilities in US Secondary Schools
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Physical activity breaks and facilities in US secondary schools.
BACKGROUND Research on physical activity breaks and facilities (indoor and outdoor) in secondary schools is relatively limited. METHODS School administrators and students in nationally representative samples of 8th (middle school) and 10th/12th grade (high school) students were surveyed annually from 2008-2009 to 2011-2012. School administrators reported information about physical activity br...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of School Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0022-4391
DOI: 10.1111/josh.12206