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Article: Enrollment in physical education is associated with overall physical activity in adolescent girls.(Epidemiology)
- Article from:
- Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
- Author:
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Little is known about population-level contributions of school physical education to overall physical activity (PA) in youth. Because PA levels are lower in girls than boys, it is particularly important that the effects of PE programs in adolescent girls be understood. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the association of enrollment in physical education and overall physical activity participation in adolescent girls. A measurement protocol was administered to cross-sectional samples of 8th-, 9th-, and 12th-grade girls participating in a school-based PA intervention study (1998-2003). PA was assessed with the 3-Day Physical Activity Recall. Three-way analyses ...
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