Rationale, design and methods for a randomised and controlled trial to investigate whether home access to electronic games decreases children's physical activity

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Rationale, design and methods for a randomised and controlled trial to investigate whether home access to electronic games decreases children's physical activity

Background: Many children are reported to have insufficient physical activity (PA) placing them at greater risk of poor health outcomes. Participating in sedentary activities such as playing electronic games is widely believed to contribute to less PA. However there is no experimental evidence that...

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Main Authors:	Straker, Leon, Abbott, R., Piek, Jan, Pollock, Clare, Davies, P., Smith, Anne
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	BioMed Central 2009
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23825

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