Low level of objectively measured physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness, and high prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Pakistani male immigrants in Oslo, Norway

Norsk Epidemiologi

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-208

  Andersen, Eivind ^a   Høstmark, Arne Torbjørn ^a   Lorentzen, Catherine ^b   Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NORWAY; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAKISTAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUGAR INTAKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 80053084810     PISSN: 08032491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5324/nje.v20i2.1343     Document Type: Article

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