Physical activity: Health outcomes and importance for public health policy

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 280-282

  Haskell, William L ^a   Blair, Steven N ^b   Hill, James O ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical activity and chronic disease; Physical fitness and attributable risk for mortality; Scientific justification for public health policy changes regarding physical activity promotion

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFESPAN; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349998902     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.05.002     Document Type: Review

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