Leisure time behaviors: Prevalence, correlates and associations with overweight in Brazilian adults. A cross-sectional analysis;Asociación entre actividad física en tiempo libre con sobrepeso en adultos sanos

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Fernandes, Rômulo A ^a   Christofaro, Diego G D ^b   Casonato, Juliano ^b   Costa Rosa, Clara S ^a   Costa, Felipe F ^c   Freitas Júnior, Ismael F ^a   Monteiro, Henrique Luiz ^a   de Oliveira, Arli Ramos ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cross sectional study; Overweight; Sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349108170     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0034-98872010000100004     Document Type: Article

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