Evidence for energetic tradeoffs between physical activity and childhood growth across the nutritional transition

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Urlacher, Samuel S ^a   Kramer, Karen L ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL HEALTH;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 85040452821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18738-4     Document Type: Article

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