Demographic variations in observed energy expenditure across park activity areas

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-81

  Besenyi, Gina M ^a   Kaczynski, Andrew T ^a   Wilhelm Stanis, Sonja A ^b   Vaughan, Katherine B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Riley County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Ethnicity; Gender; Observation; Park; Physical activity; Play; Race; Recreation; SOPARC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MISSOURI; OBSERVATION; PUBLIC FACILITIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECREATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871965979     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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