Temporal trends in overweight and obesity, physical activity and screen time among Czech adolescents from 2002 to 2014: A national health behaviour in school-aged children study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 11848-11868

  Sigmund, Erik ^a   Sigmundová, Dagmar ^a   Badura, Petr ^a   Kalman, Michal ^a   Hamrik, Zdenek ^a   Pavelka, Jan ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Computer (PC) use; Excess body weight; HBSC study; Obesity; Physical activity; School aged children; Television (TV) watching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; COMPUTER; EDUCATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TELEVISION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CZECH (PEOPLE); CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MODERATE TO VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREEN TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; TREND STUDY; VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; COMPUTER; EXERCISE; OVERWEIGHT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPUTERS; CZECH REPUBLIC; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84942162912     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120911848     Document Type: Article

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