Advantage of distance-versus time-based estimates of walking in predicting adiposity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1728-1737

  Williams, Paul T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

energy; exercise volume; guidelines; Obesity; physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; WALKING;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; WALKING;

EID: 84865510308     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318258af3f     Document Type: Article

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