Active transportation to school over 2 years in relation to weight status and physical activity

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1771-1776

  Rosenberg, Dort E ^a,c   Sallis, James F ^b   Conway, Terry L ^a   Cain, Kelli L ^b   McKenzie, Thomas L ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Exercise; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TIME; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 33846798253     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.204     Document Type: Article

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