Nonlinear relationships between weekly walking distance and adiposity in 27,596 women

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1893-1901

  Williams, Paul T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Exercise; Regional adiposity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST; CLOTHING; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; WALKING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 28044459894     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000175860.51204.85     Document Type: Article

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