Linking obesity and activity level with children's television and video game use

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-85

  Vandewater, Elizabeth A ^a   Shim, Mi Suk ^a   Caplovitz, Allison G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION; SITTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEVISION; TIME;

EID: 1242298557     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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