A prospective examination of children's time spent outdoors, objectively measured physical activity and overweight

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1685-1693

  Cleland, V ^a   Crawford, D ^a   Baur, L A ^b   Hume, C ^a   Timperio, A ^a   Salmon, J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Longitudinal; Overweight; Physical activity; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WEATHER;

AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 56549127369     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2008.171     Document Type: Article

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