Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity in South Asian Women: Time to Review Current Recommendations?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Waidyatilaka, Indu ^a   Lanerolle, Pulani ^a   Wickremasinghe, Rajitha ^b   Atukorala, Sunethra ^a   Somasundaram, Noel ^c   de Silva, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSGLYCEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SITTING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ANALYSIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SRI LANKA;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SRI LANKA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84874593228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058328     Document Type: Article

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