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

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Published in PLoS One on September 10, 2014

Authors

Eero A Haapala1, Anna-Maija Poikkeus2, Katriina Kukkonen-Harjula3, Tuomo Tompuri4, Niina Lintu1, Juuso Väistö5, Paavo H T Leppänen6, David E Laaksonen7, Virpi Lindi1, Timo A Lakka8

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physiology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
2: Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
3: UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland.
4: Department of Physiology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
5: Department of Physiology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Institute of Dentistry, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
6: Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
7: Department of Physiology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Internal Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
8: Department of Physiology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland; Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland.

Associated clinical trials:

Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children Study (PANIC) | NCT01803776

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