The relationship between pedometer-determined ambulatory activity and body composition variables

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1571-1578

  Tudor Locke, C ^a   Ainsworth, B E ^a   Whitt, M C ^b   Thompson, R W ^a   Addy, C L ^a   Jones, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Pedometer; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WALKING;

EID: 0035159057     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801783     Document Type: Article

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