Associations among active transportation, physical activity, and weight status in young adults

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 868-875

  Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a,b   Nelson, Melissa C ^a   Beam, Kristen ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Car travel; Environment; Ethnicity; Non leisure physical activity; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 24344456069     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.100     Document Type: Article

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