Active Commuting to School, Weight Status, and Cardiometabolic Risk in Children From Rural Areas: The Cuenca Study

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 231-239

  Gutiérrez Zornoza, Myriam ^a   Sánchez López, Mairena ^a   García Hermoso, Antonio ^b   González García, Alberto ^c   Chillón, Palma ^d   Martínez Vizcaíno, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; child health; health promotion; obesity; physical activity exercise; social determinant of health

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHOOL; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SPAIN; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84926333830     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198114549373     Document Type: Article

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