Neighborhood street scale elements, sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk factors in inactive ethnic minority women.

Cardiometabolic risk factors such as obesity, excess percent body fat, high blood pressure, elevated resting heart rate and sedentary behavior have increased in recent decades due to changes in the environment and lifestyle. Neighborhood micro-environmental, street scale elements may contribute to h...

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Main Authors: Rebecca E Lee, Scherezade K Mama, Heather J Adamus-Leach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3517578?pdf=render