Effectiveness of three different walking prescription durations on total physical activity in normal-and overweight women

Obesity Facts

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 264-273

  Schutz, Yves ^a   Nguyen, Dac Min Tuan ^a   Byrne, Nuala M ^b   Hills, Andrew P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compliance; Effectiveness; Physical activity; Walking prescription

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; WALKING DURATION;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; WALKING;

EID: 84906009909     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000365833     Document Type: Article

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