Cardiovascular fitness modifies the associations between physical activity and abdominal adiposity in children and adolescents: The European youth heart study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 256-262

  Ortega, F B ^a,b   Ruiz, J R ^a,b   Hurtig Wennlof A ^c   Vicente Rodriguez G ^a,d   Rizzo, N S ^a   Castillo, M J ^b   Sjostrom M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77950246400     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.046391     Document Type: Article

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