Does Walking 15 Minutes per Day Keep the Obesity Epidemic Away? Simulation of the Efficacy of a Populationwide Campaign

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 437-440

  Morabia, Alfredo ^a   Costanza, Michael C ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; WALKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 1442354580     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.3.437     Document Type: Article

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