Sustained Active Transportation is associated with a favorable body mass index trajectory across the early school years: Findings from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development birth cohort

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Pabayo, Roman ^a   Gauvin, Lise ^a   Barnett, Tracie A ^b   Nikiéma, Béatrice ^c   Séguin, Louise ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c Faculté de Mé Decine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active transportation; Birth cohort; Child; Longitudinal analysis; Overweight and obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CYCLING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WALKING;

BICYCLING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERWEIGHT; QUEBEC; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 73349118447     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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