Associations between the Youth/Adolescent Questionnaire, the Youth/Adolescent Activity Questionnaire, and body mass index z score in low-income inner-city fourth through sixth grade children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1650-1655

  Borradaile, Kelley E ^a   Foster, Gary D ^a   May, Henry ^b   Karpyn, Allison ^c   Sherman, Sandy ^c   Grundy, Karen ^d   Nachmani, Joan ^e   Veur, Stephanie Vander ^a   Boruch, Robert F ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Food Trust   (United States)

^d BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Dental School of Philadelphia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS INDEX Z SCORE; CALORIC INTAKE; CITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SITTING; UNITED STATES; YOUTH ADOLESCENT ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUTH ADOLESCENT QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 45749118274     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.6.1650     Document Type: Article

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