Low physical activity levels and high levels of sedentary behaviour are characteristic of rural Irish primary school children

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 138-141

  Kelly, Louise A ^a   Reilly, J J ^a   Grant, S ^a   Paton, J Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Glasgow ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRELAND; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 21444431511     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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