Effect of school based physical activity programme (KISS) on fitness and adiposity in primary schoolchildren: cluster randomised controlled trial.

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Published in BMJ on February 23, 2010

Authors

Susi Kriemler1, Lukas Zahner, Christian Schindler, Ursina Meyer, Tim Hartmann, Helge Hebestreit, Hans Peter Brunner-La Rocca, Willem van Mechelen, Jardena J Puder

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Basel, 4052 Basel, Switzerland. susi.kriemler@unibas.ch

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