The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 278-283.e2 , February 2009

Parent Modeling: Perceptions of Parents' Physical Activity Predict Girls' Activity throughout Adolescence

  • Kristine A. Madsen, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kristine Madsen, MD, MPH, UCSF, Dept of Pediatrics, 3333 California St, Box 0503, San Francisco, CA 94118
    • ,
  • Charles E. McCulloch, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA
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  • Patricia B. Crawford, DrPHRD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Received 9 April 2008 ,Revised 25 June 2008 ,Accepted 21 July 2008.

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 Supported by K23HD054470-01A1 from the NICHD. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00623-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.07.044

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 278-283.e2 , February 2009

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