A cross-sectional analysis of physical activity and obesity indicators in European participants of the EPIC-PANACEA study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 497-506

  Besson, H ^a,b,ac   Ekelund, U ^a   Luan, J ^a   May, A M ^b,c   Sharp, S ^a   Travier, N ^d   Agudo, A ^d   Slimani, N ^e   Rinaldi, S ^e   Jenab, M ^e   Norat, T ^f   Mouw, T ^f   Rohrmann, S ^g   Kaaks, R ^g   Bergmann, M ^h   Boeing, H ^h   Clavel Chapelon, F ⁱ   Boutron Ruault, M C ⁱ   Overvad, K ^j   Andreasen, E L ^j   Johnsen, N Føns ^k   Halkjaer, J ^k   Gonzalez, C ^d   Rodriguez, L ^l   Sanchez, M J ^m   Arriola, L ⁿ   Barricarte, A ^o   Navarro, C ^p   Key, T J ^q   Spencer, E A ^q   Orfanos, P ^r,s   Naska, A ^r,s   Trichopoulou, A ^r,s   Manjer, J ^t   Wirfalt E ^u   Lund, E ^v   Palli, D ^w   Agnoli, C ^x   Vineis, P ^f,y   Panico, S ^z   Tumino, R ^aa   Bueno De Mesquita, H B ^c   Van Den Berg, S W ^c   Odysseos, A D ^ab   Riboli, E ^f   Wareham, N J ^a   Peeters, P H ^b,f   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^h GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

ⁱ INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^j AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^l Public Health Directorate for Health and Social Services of Asturias   (Spain)

^m ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

ⁿ Health Division of Gipuzkoa Basque Government and IIS BioDonostia   (Spain)

^o INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^p DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^s HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^t LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^u LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^w CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^x NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^z UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^aa CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^ab R and D   (Cyprus)

^ac ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

BMI; Cross sectional analysis; Europe; Physical activity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORK;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 64849083677     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.25     Document Type: Article

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