Growing healthy families: Family use of pedometers to increase physical activity and slow the rate of obesity

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 54-60

  Rooney, Brenda L ^a,d   Gritt, Lisa R ^c   Havens, Sarah J ^a   Mathiason, Michelle A ^b   Clough, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a Gundersen Lutheran's Department of Community and Preventive Care Services   (United States)

^b Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation   (United States)

^c Gundersen Lutheran ^*

^d GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; GENERAL MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PARENT; PEDOMETERS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WISCONSIN;

EID: 25444510421     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: 10981861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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