Health-enhancing physical activity among Saudi adults using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-64

  Al Hazzaa, Hazzaa M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Health promotion; Inactivity; IPAQ; Physical activity; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; WALKING;

EID: 33847795245     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007184299     Document Type: Article

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