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Research Article

Changes in children’s physical fitness, BMI and health-related quality of life after the first 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in England: A longitudinal study

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Pages 1088-1096 | Accepted 18 Feb 2022, Published online: 09 Mar 2022

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