Why do people exercise? A cross-sectional study of motives to exercise among Danish adults

Public Health

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 482-484

  Skov Ettrup, L S ^a   Petersen, C B ^a   Curtis, T ^a   Lykke, M ^a   Christensen, A I ^a   Tolstrup, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLON CANCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF REPORT;

DENMARK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902086342     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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