Physical activity, television viewing and body mass index: A cross-sectional analysis from childhood to adulthood in the 1958 British cohort

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1212-1221

  Parsons, T J ^a   Power, C ^a   Manor, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Childhood; Cohort studies; Physical activity; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SITTING; TELEVISION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; TELEVISION;

EID: 30544437366     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802932     Document Type: Article

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