Is TV viewing an index of physical activity and fitness in overweight and normal weight children?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1245-1251

  Grund, A ^a   Krause, H ^a,b   Siewers, M ^a,b   Rieckert, H ^a,b   Muller M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Christian Albrechts Universitä t zu Kiel ^*

Author keywords

Activity; Childhood nutrition; Childhood obesity; Energy expenditure; Physical inactivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION;

BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEVISION;

MUSCULUS;

EID: 0035659334     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2001178     Document Type: Article

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