Self-selection Accounts for inverse association between weight and cardiorespiratory fitness

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-106

  Williams, Paul T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

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EID: 39449112769     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.5     Document Type: Article

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