Physical activity as a mediator of the associations between neighborhood walkability and adiposity in Belgian adults

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 952-960

  Van Dyck, Delfien ^a,b   Cerin, Ester ^c   Cardon, Greet ^b   Deforche, Benedicte ^a,b,d   Sallis, James F ^e   Owen, Neville ^f   de Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^b  

^a RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Built environment; Exercise; Sedentary; Waist to height ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; LIFESTYLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WALKING;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; CYCLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WALKING;

BELGIUM; EAST FLANDERS; GHENT;

EID: 77955334836     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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