Inactivity and inaction: We can't afford either

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 731-732

  Chakravarthy, Manu V ^b   Booth, Frank W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; EDITORIAL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; TELEVISION;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042237992     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.8.731     Document Type: Editorial

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