Large-scale physical activity data reveal worldwide activity inequality

Nature

Volumn 547, Issue 7663, 2017, Pages 336-339

  Althoff, Tim ^a   Sosič, Rok ^a   Hicks, Jennifer L ^a   King, Abby C ^b   Delp, Scott L ^a   Leskovec, Jure ^a,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHAN ZUCKERBERG BIOHUB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY MASS; DATA SET; EQUITY; GENDER; HEALTH POLICY; MOBILE PHONE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN PLANNING; WALKING;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMARTPHONE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CITIES; CITY PLANNING; DATASETS AS TOPIC; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SMARTPHONE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85025128546     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature23018     Document Type: Article

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