Gender differences in physical activity, sedentary behavior and BMI in the Liberec region: The IPAQ study in 2002-2009

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-131

  Dagmar, Sigmundová ^a   Erik, Sigmund ^a   Karel, Frömel ^a   Aleš, Suchomel ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

obesity; overweight; physical activity; questionnaire; trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960282257     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-011-0029-6     Document Type: Article

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