Associations between active travel and weight, blood pressure and diabetes in six middle income countries: A cross-sectional study in older adults

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Laverty, Anthony A ^a,c   Palladino, Raffaele ^a,b   Lee, John Tayu ^a   Millett, Christopher ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INDIA; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BICYCLING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEXICO; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930212435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-015-0223-3     Document Type: Article

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