Sitting behavior and obesity: Evidence from the Whitehall II study

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-138

  Pulsford, Richard M ^a   Stamatakis, Emmanuel ^b   Britton, Annie R ^b   Brunner, Eric J ^b   Hillsdon, Melvyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SITTING; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872452653     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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