Active travel to school, BMI and participation in organised and non-organised physical activity among Portuguese adolescents

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 497-499

  Santos, Maria Paula ^a   Oliveira, José ^a   Ribeiro, José Carlos ^a   Mota, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Commuting; Obesity; Physical activity; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; TRAVEL; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SPORTS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 70749148966     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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