Perceived physical activity barriers related to body weight status and sociodemographic factors among Malaysian men in Klang Valley

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ibrahim, Suraya ^a   Karim, Norimah A ^a   Oon, Ng Lai ^a   Ngah, Wan Zurinah Wan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Barriers; BMI; Malaysian; Men; Physical activity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875323940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-275     Document Type: Article

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