Television watching, energy intake, and obesity in US children: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 360-365

  Crespo, Carlos J ^a   Smit, Ellen ^b   Troiano, Richard P ^d   Bartlett, Susan J ^c   Macera, Caroline A ^e   Andersen, Ross E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035090328     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.155.3.360     Document Type: Article

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