Relationship of Physical Activity and Television Watching With Body Weight and Level of Fatness Among Children Results From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 938-942

  Andersen, Ross E ^a   Crespo, Carlos J ^b,d   Bartlett, Susan J ^a   Cheskin, Lawrence J ^a   Pratt, Michael ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032565112     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.12.938     Document Type: Article

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