Physical activity is inversely related to waist circumference in 12-y-old French adolescents

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-14

  Klein Platat, C ^a   Oujaa, M ^a   Wagner, A ^a   Haan, M C ^b   Arveiler, D ^a   Schlienger, J L ^a   Simon, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Inspection Academique du Bas Rhin   (France)

^c Groupe d'Etudes en Nutrition   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Physical activity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY MASS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMEN; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 11244289339     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802740     Document Type: Review

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