Developmental origins of physical fitness: The Helsinki birth Cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Salonen, Minna K ^a,b   Kajantie, Eero ^a   Osmond, Clive ^c   Forsén, Tom ^a,d,e   Ylihärsilä, Hilkka ^a   Paile Hyvärinen, Maria ^a   Barker, D J P ^b   Eriksson, Johan G ^a,b,f,g,h  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Epidemiology Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d Vaasa Health Care Centre   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; UKK 2 KILOMETER WALK TEST; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; EXERCISE TEST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WALKING;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTURITION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 79960688068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022302     Document Type: Article

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