Improving health by fighting the sedentary lifestyle
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120 Corresponding author: Jorge Mota: Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido Costa, 91, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal • Tel: 00351225074785 • Fax: 00351225500689 • Email: [email protected] Copyright ©2012 CIAFEL. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/deed.en). You are free: to share to copy, distribute and transmit the work, provided the original author and source are credited. Editorial DOI: 10.5628/aehd.v3i1-2.119
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