Comparisons of intensity-duration patterns of physical activity in the US, Jamaica and 3 African countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dugas, Lara R ^a   Bovet, Pascal ^b,c   Forrester, Terrence E ^d   Lambert, Estelle V ^e   Plange Rhule, Jacob ^f   Durazo Arvizu, Ramon A ^a   Shoham, David ^a   Kroff, Jacolene ^e   Cao, Guichan ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a   Brage, Soren ^g   Ekelund, Ulf ^g,h   Luke, Amy ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic transition; Manual labor; Physical activity patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEYCHELLES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHICAGO; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SEX FACTORS; SEYCHELLES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 84907449403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-882     Document Type: Article

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