The effect of leisure-time physical activity on obesity, diabetes, high BP and heart disease among Canadians: Evidence from 2000/2001 to 2005/2006

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1531-1547

  Sarma, Sisira ^a   Devlin, Rose Anne ^b   Gilliland, Jason ^c   Campbell, M Karen ^a   Zaric, Gregory S ^d  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; chronic disease; instrumental variable; obesity; physical activity; probit; recursive bivariate probit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CANADIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; LEISURE; LIFTING EFFORT; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURSIVE BIVARIATE PROBIT MODEL; SITTING; STANDING; WALKING; WORK; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CANADA; EXERCISE; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946220498     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3106     Document Type: Article

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