Sedentary behavior: Emerging evidence for a new health risk

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1138-1141

  Owen, Neville ^a   Sparling, Phillip B ^b   Healy, Geneviève N ^c   Dunstan, David W ^c   Matthews, Charles E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; SCIENTIST; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78650151498     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0444     Document Type: Note

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