Associations of physical activity and sedentary behavior with academic skills--a follow-up study among primary school children.

Associations of physical activity and sedentary behavior with academic skills--a follow-up study among primary school children.

There are no prospective studies that would have compared the relationships of different types of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) with academic skills among children. We therefore investigated the associations of different types of PA and SB with reading and arithmetic skills in a...

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Main Authors: Eero A Haapala, Anna-Maija Poikkeus, Katriina Kukkonen-Harjula, Tuomo Tompuri, Niina Lintu, Juuso Väistö, Paavo H T Leppänen, David E Laaksonen, Virpi Lindi, Timo A Lakka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4160223?pdf=render

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