Physical activity in youth from a subsistence agriculture community in the Valley of Oaxaca, southern Mexico

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 819-830

  Malina, Robert M ^a,b   Reyes, Maria Eugenia Peña ^c   Tan, Swee Kheng ^d   Little, Bertis B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^d Republic Polytechnic   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Growth; Household chores; Mesoamerica; Television viewing; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEXICO; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEXICO; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WALKING;

EID: 48649091146     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H08-043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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