Maintaining vigorous activity attenuates 7-yr weight gain in 8340 runners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 801-809

  Williams, Paul T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body mass index; Exercise; Regional adiposity; Running; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34249080819     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31803349b1     Document Type: Article

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