Relationships of occupational and non-occupational physical activity to abdominal obesity

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-106

  Steeves, J A ^a   Bassett Jr , D R ^a   Thompson, D L ^a   Fitzhugh, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal adiposity; high risk; NHANES; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84855705529     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.50     Document Type: Article

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