Obesity and aerobic fitness among urban public school students in elementary, middle, and high school

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Ruth Clark, B ^a   Leanne White, M ^b   Royer, Nathaniel K ^a   Burlis, Tamara L ^a   DuPont, Nicholas C ^a   Wallendorf, Michael ^a   Racette, Susan B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Louis Special School District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ENDURANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PULSE RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN POPULATION; Z SCORE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; MISSOURI; OBESITY, MORBID; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK; SCHOOL; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MISSOURI; OBESITY, MORBID; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945973807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138175     Document Type: Article

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