Code
3F003310
Duration
01 October 2010 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Education curriculum
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Medical and health sciences
- Paediatrics and neonatology
- Paediatrics and neonatology
- Public health care
- Public health sciences
- Public health services
- Nursing
- Paediatrics and neonatology
Keywords
children
obesity
movement skill
Project description
The mechanical hypothesis is mainly favoured which states that the extra mass and the different mass distribution can explain the lower movement skill in obese children. Although, studies recently suggest a perceptual motor processing problem in obese children and a possible relationship between physical activity level and degree of overweight. Therefore, this project's goal is to investigate these three mechanisms.