Obesity and physical activity among aboriginal canadians

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 184-190

  Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 39449084436     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.51     Document Type: Review

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