Does early physical activity predict body fat change throughout childhood?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-17

  Moore, Lynn L ^a   Gao, Di ^a   Bradlee, M Loring ^a   Cupples, L Adrienne ^a   Sundarajan Ramamurti, Anuradha ^a   Proctor, Munro H ^a   Hood, Maggie Y ^a   Singer, Martha R ^a   Ellison, R Curtis ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Childhood obesity; Children; Energy expenditure; Longitudinal studies; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD;

EID: 0038173373     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-7435(03)00048-3     Document Type: Article

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