The importance of parental beliefs and support for pedometer-measured physical activity on school days and weekend days among Canadian children

TY - JOUR

T1 - The importance of parental beliefs and support for pedometer-measured physical activity on school days and weekend days among Canadian children

AU - Vander Ploeg, Kerry A.

AU - Kuhle, Stefan

AU - Maximova, Katerina

AU - McGavock, Jonathan

AU - Wu, Biao

AU - Veugelers, Paul J.

N1 - Funding Information: We thank all grade five students, parents and schools for their participation. We also thank the evaluation assistants for the execution of the data collection and Connie Lu for data management and validation. The REAL Kids Alberta evaluation is funded through a contract with Alberta Health and Wellness. The present research is funded through a Canada Research Chair in Population Health and Alberta Innovates Health Solutions Health Scholarship to Dr. Paul J. Veugelers.

PY - 2013/12/5

Y1 - 2013/12/5

KW - Childhood obesity

KW - Health promotion

KW - Pedometer

KW - Physical activity

KW - Public health

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U2 - 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1132

DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1132

M3 - Article

C2 - 24308428

AN - SCOPUS:84889023369

SN - 1471-2458

VL - 13

JO - BMC Public Health

JF - BMC Public Health

IS - 1

M1 - 1132

ER -