Associations between indicators of screen time and adiposity indices in Portuguese children

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 299-303

  Stamatakis, Emmanuel ^a   Coombs, Ngaire ^a   Jago, Russell ^b   Gama, Augusta ^c,g   Mourão, Isabel ^d   Nogueira, Helena ^e,g   Rosado, Vítor ^f,g   Padez, Cristina ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^f INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Behaviour; Child; Epidemiology; Life style; Sedentary lifestyle

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPUTER; DIET; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SKINFOLD; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84876716605     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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