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Article: Adolescent girls' perceived barriers to participation in physical activity.
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- Adolescence
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
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Establishing patterns of physical activity during childhood and adolescence is important for immediate gains in health and well-being and to develop positive behaviors that can be deployed throughout the life course. Concern about increased levels of childhood overweight and obesity and whether this pattern will continue into adolescence underscores the importance of being physically active (Dishman, Sallis, & Orenstein, 1985; Sallis, Prochaska, & Taylor, 2000; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1996). However, studies report a decline in physical activity levels during adolescence (Allison, Dwyer, & Makin, 1999a, b; Frankish, Milligan, & Reid, 1998). This ...