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Accelerometer-measured physical activity is not associated with two-year weight change in African-or...

Accelerometer-measured physical activity is not associated with two-year weight change in African-or...

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Accelerometer-measured physical activity is not associated with two-year weight change in African-origin adults from five diverse populations

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Accelerometer-measured physical activity is not associated with two-year weight change in African-origin adults from five diverse populations

Publisher

United States: PeerJ. Ltd

Journal title

PeerJ (San Francisco, CA), 2017-01, Vol.5, p.e2902, Article e2902

Language

English

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United States: PeerJ. Ltd

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Contents

Increasing population-levels of physical activity (PA) is a controversial strategy for managing the obesity epidemic, given the conflicting evidence for weight loss from PA alone
. We measured PA and weight change in a three-year prospective cohort study in young adults from five countries (Ghana, South Africa, Jamaica, Seychelles and USA).
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Accelerometer-measured physical activity is not associated with two-year weight change in African-origin adults from five diverse populations

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b312c6edf0fa4f0285420f27cbe89fc4

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b312c6edf0fa4f0285420f27cbe89fc4

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ISSN

2167-8359

E-ISSN

2167-8359

DOI

10.7717/peerj.2902

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