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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/100843| Title: | Structured physical education – an answer to obesity crisis? |
| Authors: | Fenech, Amanda Chockalingam, Nachiappan Formosa, Cynthia Gatt, Alfred |
| Keywords: | Physical education for children -- Malta -- Evaluation Obesity in children -- Malta Physical education and training -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- Malta Physical education for children -- Malta -- Physiological aspects |
| Issue Date: | 2019 |
| Publisher: | BMJ |
| Citation: | Fenech, A., Chockalingam, N., Formosa, C., & Gatt, A. (2019). G493 Structured physical education–an answer to obesity crisis?. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 104(Suppl 2), A199. |
| Abstract: | Background Malta is currently struggling through a childhood obesity epidemic, having the highest overweight and obesity rates in Europe and North America. The enrolment of schools to provide adequate levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels during physical education (PE) lessons, through a structured PE curriculum, has not yet been studied in Malta. Moreover, student fitness testing through objective biomechanical modalities was carried out. [Excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/100843 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacHScPod |
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