Prevalence of overweight/obesity and its association with sedentary behavior in children

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 783-788

  Vasques, Catarina ^a   Mota, Maria ^b   Correia, Teresa ^a   Lopes, Vítor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Risk factors; Sedentary lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION VIEWING;

EID: 84873414331     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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