Privileging physical activity over healthy eating: ‘Time’ to Choose?
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منابع مشابه
romoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
besity prevalence among adults in the United States has risen dramatically, from under 15% in 1960–1962 to 30.5% in 1999–2000 to more han 32% in 2003–2004.1,2 Obesity is especially comon among African-American women.3 It has been stimated that approximately 112,000 deaths are attribtable to obesity annually.4 Louisiana has rates of besity and related disease mortality far above the ational aver...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Health Promotion International
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0957-4824,1460-2245
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dat056