Cardiorespiratory fitness, weight status and objectively measured sedentary behaviour and physical activity in rural and urban Portuguese adolescents

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-177

  Machado Rodrigues, Aristides M ^a   Coelho e Silva, Manuel J ^a   Mota, Jorge ^b   Padez, Cristina ^a   Ronque, Enio ^c   Cumming, Sean P ^d   Malina, Robert M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^e TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child behaviour; education; health promotion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PORTUGAL; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84866908441     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493511430676     Document Type: Review

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