Correlates of Omani adults’ physical inactivity and sitting time
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Correlates of Omani adults' physical inactivity and sitting time.
OBJECTIVE To inform public health approaches for chronic disease prevention, the present study identified sociodemographic, anthropometric and behavioural correlates of work, transport and leisure physical inactivity and sitting time among adults in Oman. DESIGN Cross-sectional study using the WHO STEPwise study methodology. SETTING Sur City, Oman. SUBJECTS Men and women aged 20 years and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980012002844