The reliability of a survey question on television viewing and associations with health risk factors in US adults

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-493

  Pettee, Kelley K ^a   Ham, Sandra A ^b   MacEra, Caroline A ^c   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849087383     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.554     Document Type: Article

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