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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 268-269 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Lancet |
| Volume | 366 |
| Issue number | 9482 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
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Keywords
- physical activity
- child health
- childhood obesity
- adolescence
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Physical activity and obesity in childhood and adolescence. / Reilly, John J.
In: Lancet, Vol. 366, No. 9482, 2005, p. 268-269.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical activity and obesity in childhood and adolescence
AU - Reilly, John J
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Obesity can only be caused by increased energy intake, reduced energy expenditure, or both. It seems obvious that reduced energy expended on physical activity must have fuelled the global epidemic of paediatric obesity. However, the origin of obesity is more complex than it seems,1 and systematic reviews have failed to establish that low physical activity causes obesity.2,3 In today's Lancet, Sue Kimm and co-workers4 report that changes in physical activity in late childhood and adolescence are related to changes in measures of body fatness in US girls followed up for 9–10 years.
AB - Obesity can only be caused by increased energy intake, reduced energy expenditure, or both. It seems obvious that reduced energy expended on physical activity must have fuelled the global epidemic of paediatric obesity. However, the origin of obesity is more complex than it seems,1 and systematic reviews have failed to establish that low physical activity causes obesity.2,3 In today's Lancet, Sue Kimm and co-workers4 report that changes in physical activity in late childhood and adolescence are related to changes in measures of body fatness in US girls followed up for 9–10 years.
KW - physical activity
KW - child health
KW - childhood obesity
KW - adolescence
U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66838-9
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66838-9
M3 - Article
VL - 366
SP - 268
EP - 269
JO - Lancet
T2 - Lancet
JF - Lancet
SN - 0140-6736
IS - 9482
ER -