Associations between activity-related behaviours and standardized BMI among Australian adolescents

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 512-521

  Allender, Steven ^a,b   Kremer, Peter ^a   de Silva Sanigorski, Andrea ^a,c   Lacy, Kathleen ^a   Millar, Lynne ^a   Mathews, Louise ^a   Malakellis, Mary ^a   Swinburn, Boyd ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity; Adolescent; Australia; Obesity; Overweight; Sedentary

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; VICTORIA;

EID: 80855131485     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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