The relationship between physical activity, physical fitness and overweight in adolescents: A systematic review of studies published in or after 2000

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rauner, Annette ^a   Mess, Filip ^a   Woll, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Cross sectional studies; Longitudinal studies; Motor fitness; Obesity; Overweight; Physical activity; Youth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDLINE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873033038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-19     Document Type: Article

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