Too fat to exercise? Obesity as a barrier to physical activity

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-333

  Ball, Kylie ^a   Crawford, David ^a   Owen, Neville ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; VICTORIA;

EID: 0033805708     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2000.tb01579.x     Document Type: Article

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