Six-minute walk distance in overweight children and adolescents: Effects of a weight-reducing program

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-451

  Geiger, Ralf ^a   Willeit, Julia ^a   Rummel, Meike ^b   Högler, Wolfgang ^d   Stübing, Kurt ^b   Strasak, Alexander ^a   Geiger, Harald ^c   Stein, Joerg I ^a   Rauchenzauner, Markus ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Fachklinik Prinzregent Luitpold ^*  (Germany)

^c Kinderarzt Praxis   (Austria)

^d BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79951576582     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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