Trends over 5 decades in U.S. occupation-related physical activity and their associations with obesity.

BACKGROUND: The true causes of the obesity epidemic are not well understood and there are few longitudinal population-based data published examining this issue. The objective of this analysis was to examine trends in occupational physical activity during the past 5 decades and explore how these tren...

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Main Authors: Timothy S Church, Diana M Thomas, Catrine Tudor-Locke, Peter T Katzmarzyk, Conrad P Earnest, Ruben Q Rodarte, Corby K Martin, Steven N Blair, Claude Bouchard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3102055?pdf=render