Does Birth Weight Influence Physical Activity in Youth? A Combined Analysis of Four Studies Using Objectively Measured Physical Activity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ridgway, Charlotte L ^a   Brage, Søren ^a   Sharp, Stephen J ^a   Corder, Kirsten ^a   Westgate, Kate L ^a   van Sluijs, Esther M ^a   Goodyer, Ian M ^b   Hallal, Pedro C ^c   Anderssen, Sigmund A ^d   Sardinha, Luis B ^e   Andersen, Lars Bo ^d,f   Ekelund, Ulf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOUTH AMERICA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79955551199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016125     Document Type: Article

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