Prevalence of obesity in adult population of former college rowers

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 451-456

  O'Kane, John W ^a   Teitz, Carol C ^a   Fontana, Santana M ^a   Lind, Bonnie K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACKACHE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROWING; TRAINING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPORTS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0036835033     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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