Are overweight students in Grades 3, 7, and 11 less physically active than their healthy weight counterparts?

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-35

  Thompson, Angela M ^a   Campagna, Philip D ^b   Durant, Matthew ^c   Murphy, Rene J L ^c   Rehman, Laurene A ^b   Wadsworth, Laurie A ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Adolescent; Body mass index; Children; Dietary intake; Exercise; Media; Obesity; Weight

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOVA SCOTIA; OVERWEIGHT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60449114621     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477160802170050     Document Type: Article

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