Associations of television viewing, physical activity and dietary behaviours with obesity in aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadian youth

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1430-1437

  Ng, Carmina ^a,b   Young, T Kue ^b   Corey, Paul N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Indigenous population; Lifestyle; Obesity; Physical activity; Television; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESKIMO; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TELEVISION; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INUITS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TELEVISION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77958576389     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000832     Document Type: Conference Paper

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