Influence of sports, physical education, and active commuting to school on adolescent weight status

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Drake, Keith M ^a,b   Beach, Michael L ^a,c   Longacre, Meghan R ^a   MacKenzie, Todd ^a,c   Titus, Linda J ^a   Rundle, Andrew G ^d   Dalton, Madeline A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Active travel; Adolescent; Bicycling; Body weight; Commuting; Exercise; Obesity; Overweight; Physical education; Secondary school; Sports; Team sports; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SPORT; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SCHOOLS; SPORTS; VERMONT; WALKING;

EID: 84864497180     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2898     Document Type: Article

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