Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and the Metabolic Syndrome in Minority Youth
Author(s) -
Ya-Wen Hsu,
Britni R. Belcher,
E Ventura,
Courtney ByrdWilliams,
Marc J. Weigensberg,
Jaimie N. Davis,
Arianna D. McClain,
Michael I. Goran,
Donna SpruijtMetz
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e318222020f
Subject(s) - odds ratio , confidence interval , waist , medicine , blood pressure , obesity , demography , metabolic syndrome , logistic regression , body mass index , odds , sociology
This study aimed to determine the associations among physical activity, sedentary behavior, and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Latino and African American youth using both subjective and objective measures of activity levels.
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