Physical activity patterns and estimated daily energy expenditures in normal and overweight Tunisian schoolchildren

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-88

  Zarrouk, Fayçal ^a   Bouhlel, Ezdine ^b   Feki, Youssef ^a   Amri, Mohamed ^c   Shephard, Roy J ^d  

^a Unité de recherche pratiques sportives scolaires et universitaires et performance   (Tunisia)

^b et Laboratoire de Physiologie   (Tunisia)

^c Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Nutrition   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Energy expenditure; Excess weight; Heart rate monitoring; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 63449114958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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