Physical activity patterns and obesity status among 10- to 12-year-old adolescents living in Athens, Greece

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 633-640

  Antonogeorgos, George ^a   Papadimitriou, Anastasios ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^b   Priftis, Kostas N ^c   Nikolaidou, Polyxeni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Exercise; Maintenance; Moderate; Vigorous; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957865264     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.7.5.633     Document Type: Article

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