Associations between active commuting, body fat, and body mass index: Population based, cross sectional study in the United Kingdom

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Flint, Ellen ^a   Cummins, Steven ^a   Sacker, Amanda ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE TRANSPORT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED KINGDOM HOUSEHOLD LONGITUDINAL STUDY; WALKING; WORK;

BICYCLING; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84907360625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g4887     Document Type: Article

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