Recommended levels of physical activity to avoid adiposity in Spanish children

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-69

  Laguna, M ^a,c   Ruiz, J R ^b,d   Lara, M T ^d   Aznar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Community of Madrid ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Child; Obesity; Physical activity; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84878351957     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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