Overweight/obesity, physical activity and diet among Australian Secondary Students - First national dataset 2009-10

Cancer Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Scully, Maree ^a   Morley, Belinda ^a   Niven, Philippa ^a   Pratt, Iain S ^b,c   Okely, Anthony D ^d   Wakefield, Melanie ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Cancer Council Western Australia   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84860845025     PISSN: 0311306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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