Do low levels of physical activity in female adolescents cause overweight and obesity? Objectively measured physical activity levels of periurban and rural adolescents
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Do low levels of physical activity in female adolescents cause overweight and obesity? Objectively measured physical activity levels of periurban and rural adolescents.
BACKGROUND The increase in obesity levels in South African adolescents is attributed to an energy imbalance such that physical inactivity is causally related to adiposity. However, in some settings obesity occurs in spite of high physical activity levels. OBJECTIVES To examine objectively measured physical activity levels of rural black female and male adolescents from periurban to rural sett...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Medical Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2078-5135
DOI: 10.7196/samjnew.7791