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Physical Activity, Health and Exercise

Temporal trends in the sit-ups performance of 9,939,289 children and adolescents between 1964 and 2017

Tori Kastera Department of Education, Health and Behavior Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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Faith L. Dooleya Department of Education, Health and Behavior Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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John S. Fitzgeralda Department of Education, Health and Behavior Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8694-0228
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Tanis J. Walcha Department of Education, Health and Behavior Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0557-7867
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Madison Annandaleb Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Katia Ferrarb Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3042-9230
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Justin J. Langc Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada;d Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1768-319X
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Jordan J. Smithe Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Education, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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Grant R. Tomkinsona Department of Education, Health and Behavior Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA;b Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1913-1923 | Accepted 13 Apr 2020, Published online: 21 Jun 2020

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