Activity levels, dietary energy intake, and body composition in children who walk to school

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-407

  Ford, Paul ^a   Bailey, Richard ^b   Coleman, Damian ^a   Woolf May, Kate ^a   Swaine, Ian ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

EID: 36849058846     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.19.4.393     Document Type: Article

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