Physical activity in US youth: Effect of race/ethnicity, age, gender, and weight status

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2211-2221

  Belcher, Britni R ^a   Berrigan, David ^b   Dodd, Kevin W ^b   Emken, B Adar ^a   Chou, Chih Ping ^a   Spruijt Metz, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

accelerometer; adolescent; BMI; moderate to vigorous; Nhanes

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NEGRO; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650417182     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e1fba9     Document Type: Article

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