Correlates of college students' physical activity: Cross-cultural differences

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-432

  Seo, Dong Chul ^a   Torabi, Mohammad R ^a   Jiang, Nan ^a   Fernandez Rojas, Xinia ^b   Park, Bock Hee ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

College health; Cross cultural difference; Moderate intensity physical activity; Survey; Vigorous intensity physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COSTA RICA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA; SWEAT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COSTA RICA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349898333     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509344112     Document Type: Article

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