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‘I Think It’s Cool That You Can Go from Thinking That Exercising Is No Fun at All to Actually Kind of Loving It.’: Experiences of Long-Term Regular Participation in Physical Activity in Adolescents Who Have or Have Had Obesity Cover

‘I Think It’s Cool That You Can Go from Thinking That Exercising Is No Fun at All to Actually Kind of Loving It.’: Experiences of Long-Term Regular Participation in Physical Activity in Adolescents Who Have or Have Had Obesity

Physical Activity and Health
Volume 7 (2023): Issue 1
By: Agnes Klemedtson,  Anne Börjesson,  Krister Hertting,  Lars Kristén and  Lovisa Sjögren  
Open Access
|Sep 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/paah.273 | Journal eISSN: 2515-2270
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Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 16, 2023
Accepted on: Aug 30, 2023
Published on: Sep 18, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
adolescent obesity,
physical activity,
health,
motivation,
sport

© 2023 Agnes Klemedtson, Anne Börjesson, Krister Hertting, Lars Kristén, Lovisa Sjögren, published by Ubiquity Press
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