Association between self-reported physical activity and indicators of body composition in Malaysian adolescents

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 100-105

  Su, Tin Tin ^a   Sim, Pei Ying ^a   Nahar, Azmi Mohamed ^a   Majid, Hazreen Abd ^a   Murray, Liam J ^b   Cantwell, Marie M ^b   Al Sadat, Nabilla ^a   Jalaludin, Muhammad Yazid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body fatness; Malaysia; Obesity; PAQ C; Physical activity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHINESE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY (PEOPLE); MALAYSIA; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR OLDER CHILDREN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; POPULATION GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; EXERCISE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84905247351     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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