Television viewing time in Hong Kong adult population: Associations with body mass index and obesity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Xie, Yao Jie ^a   Stewart, Sunita M ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Viswanath, Kasisomayajula ^c   Chan, Sophia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION VIEWING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897490740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085440     Document Type: Article

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