A Longitudinal Study of Fitness and Activity in Girls Predisposed to Obesity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 198-204

  Treuth, Margarita S ^a   Butte, Nancy F ^b   Adolph, Anne L ^b   Puyau, Maurice R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Children; Exercise; Heart rate monitoring; Parental obesity; Sedentary behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; TREADMILL;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; TEXAS;

EID: 0842281803     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000113666.98463.B0     Document Type: Article

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