Physical activity and sedentary behavior among adolescents in rural South Africa: Levels, patterns and correlates

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Micklesfield, Lisa K ^a   Pedro, Titilola M ^a   Kahn, Kathleen ^b,c,d   Kinsman, John ^c   Pettifor, John M ^a   Tollman, Stephen ^b,c,d   Norris, Shane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Physical activity; Rural; Sedentary; South Africa; Sport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BLACK PERSON; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84892374758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-40     Document Type: Article

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