Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study of a Rural City in Japan.

Takafumi AbeJun KitayuguchiShinpei OkadaKenta OkuyamaTatsunosuke GomiMasamitsu KamadaKenji UetaToru NabikaChiaki Tanaka

Published in: Journal of epidemiology (2019)

About 20% of Japanese children and adolescents engaged in the recommended MVPA level. MVPA was associated with grade, gender, preference for PA, and population density.

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