Associations between sitting time and weight in young adult Australian women

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 361-367

  De Cocker, Katrien A ^a,b   van Uffelen, Jannique G Z ^b   Brown, Wendy J ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

BMI; Cohort study; Sedentary behaviour; Weight change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SITTING; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958178583     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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