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How Healthy Is Homeschool? An Analysis of Body Composition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk.

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Abstract
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Public school children regularly participate in school-based physical activity, physical education, and fitness testing. However, almost 2 million American children are homeschooled. The purpose of this research was to assess the body composition of elementary school-aged homeschool children and their corresponding cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.

Year of Publication
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2018
Journal
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The Journal of school health
Volume
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88
Issue
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2
Number of Pages
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132-138
ISSN Number
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0022-4391
URL
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josh.12588
DOI
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10.1111/josh.12588
Short Title
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J Sch Health
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