Achieving the daily step goal of 10,000 steps: The experience of a Canadian family attached to pedometers

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Choi, Bernard C K ^a,b   Pak, Anita W P ^c   Choi, Jerome C L ^d   Choi, Elaine C L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Pak Consulting   (Canada)

^d Glebe Collegiate Institute   (Canada)

^e Vincent Massey Public School   (Canada)

Author keywords

Daily step goal; Healthy living; Pedometer; Physical activity; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDOMETER; PERSONAL MONITOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VOLUNTEER; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 35948950262     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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