Assessment of physical activity among rural Senegalese adolescent girls: Influence of age, sexual maturation, and body composition

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 319-327

  Benefice, Eric ^a,d   Garnier, Denis ^b   Ndiaye, Gnagna ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Centre IRD De Dakar   (France)

^c Universite Cheikh Anta Diop   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Adolescents girls; Body composition; Physical activity; Senegal, West Africa; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GIRL; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; METABOLIC RATE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035082541     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(00)00201-9     Document Type: Article

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