Physical Activity and Modernization among Bolivian Amerindians

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gurven, Michael ^a   Jaeggi, Adrian V ^a   Kaplan, Hillard ^b   Cummings, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODERN TIMES; MODERNIZATION; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY MASS INDEX; BOLIVIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873139667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055679     Document Type: Article

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