Physical activity, relative body weight, and risk of death among women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 2753-2755

  Jacobs Jr , David R ^a,b   Pereira, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIET; EDITORIAL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FATTY LIVER; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER METABOLISM; MORTALITY; MUSCLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 10844275707     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe048307     Document Type: Editorial

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