The association between physical activity and overweight and obesity in a population of children at high and low altitudes in Southwestern Saudi Arabia

• Main Authors: Humeda S Ahmed (Author), Mohammed E.M. Khalid (Author), Osama M Osman (Author), Mansour A Ballal (Author), Fahaid H Al-Hashem (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To assess the relationship between overweight and obesity and physical activity in Saudi children born and permanently domiciled at high and low altitudes in Southwestern Saudi Arabia. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study of 145 healthy Saudi children aged 10-15 years who were bo...