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Viviene A Temple1, Heidi I Stanish
1School of Physical Education, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. vtemple@uvic.ca
Abstract:
Physical activity is a personal and societal investment in health. In Latin America, rates of non-communicable diseases are growing and there is burgeoning interest in physical activity as a preventative health measure. This paper describes physical activity among adults with intellectual disability from a public health perspective; and provides recommendations related to the need for, and measurement of, physical activity among persons with intellectual disability in Latin America.
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