Socioeconomic effects on meeting physical activity guidelines: Comparisons among 32 countries

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 749-756

  Borraccino, Alberto ^a   Lemma, Patrizia ^a   Iannotti, Ronald J ^b   Zambon, Alessio ^a   Dalmasso, Paola ^a   Lazzeri, Giacomo ^c   Giacchi, Mariano ^c   Cavallo, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Children s habits; Health behaviour in school aged children (HBSC); International survey; Physical activity guideline determinants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; GREENLAND; HABIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IRELAND; ISRAEL; ITALY; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 67650091985     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181917722     Document Type: Article

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