Relationship between activity levels, aerobic fitness, and body fat in 8- to 10-yr-old children

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1428-1435

  Rowlands, Ann V ^a   Eston, Roger G ^a   Ingledew, David K ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Heart rate; Pedometry; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD;

EID: 0032931257     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.86.4.1428     Document Type: Article

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