Association of Unhealthy Exercise Patterns with Overweight and Obesity in Kuwaiti Adults.
Background: Our aim was to investigate the frequency of the behaviors that are most often associated with excess weight gain in Kuwaitis and to determine which gender and age groups are at highest risk for each behavior. Methods: A questionnaire developed to identify barriers to exercise in western...
| Publicado en: | Iranian Journal of Public Health Vol. 43; no. 11; pp. 1497 - 1503 |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Nov2014
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