Compliance with physical activity guidelines in rural, black South Africans in the Limpopo Province: An energy expenditure approach

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 619-625

  Cook, Ian ^a   Alberts, Marianne ^a   Lambert, Estelle V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957967226     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.081323     Document Type: Article

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