Pedometer-determined physical activity among obese and non-obese 8- to 12-year-old Saudi schoolboys

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 459-465

  Al Hazzaa, Hazzaa M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fat percent; Inactivity; Obesity; Physical activity; Saudi Arabia; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; WALKING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; SAUDI ARABIA; WALKING;

EID: 34948898081     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.26.459     Document Type: Article

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