Secular trends in physical fitness and obesity in Danish 9-year-old girls and boys: Odense School Child Study and Danish substudy of the European Youth Heart Study

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 150-155

  Wedderkopp, N ^a,d   Froberg, K ^a   Hansen, H S ^b   Andersen, L B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Obesity; Physical fitness; Population; Secular trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EUROPE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLARIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 2942542496     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2004.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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