Sociocultural correlates of physical activity in children and adolescents: Findings from the danish arm of the European youth heart study

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-332

  McMinn, Alison M ^a   Van Sluijs, Esther M F ^a   Wedderkopp, Niels ^b   Froberg, Karsten ^b   Griffin, Simon J ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENMARK; ETHNICITY; FATHER; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL AGE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 53349165257     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.20.3.319     Document Type: Article

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