Light-intensity physical activity is associated with adiposity in adolescent females

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2295-2300

  Dowd, Kieran P ^a,b   Harrington, Deirdre M ^c   Hannigan, Ailish ^a   Donnelly, Alan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activpal; Light physical activity; Obesity; Sedentary

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84916638509     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000357     Document Type: Article

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