Planning to win: Health and lifestyles associated with physical activity amongst 15,423 adults

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 206-212

  Harrison, Roger A ^a,b   McElduff, P ^b   Edwards, R ^b  

^a Bolton Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lifestyles; Physical activity; Prevention; Public health; Sedentary behaviour

Indexed keywords

LIFESTYLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROPHYLAXIS; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIETY; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33344468705     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.08.021     Document Type: Article

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