Physical activity, screen time and obesity status in a nationally representative sample of Maltese youth with international comparisons

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Decelis, Andrew ^a,b   Jago, Russell ^b   Fox, Kenneth R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Measurement; Obesity; Overweight; Physical activity; Screen time; Sedentary time

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALTA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; UTILIZATION;

ACCELEROMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALTA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84903243343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-664     Document Type: Article

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