An observational study on socio-economic and ethnic differences in indicators of sedentary behavior and physical activity in preschool children

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-60

  Van Rossem, Lenie ^a,b   Vogel, Ineke ^a   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Raat, Hein ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Inactivity; Preschool; Sedentary; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SITTING; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEVISION VIEWING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84855482401     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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