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Is the Canadian childhood obesity epidemic related to physical inactivity?

International Journal of Obesity · 2003 · Vol. 27(9) · pp. 1100–1105

Mark S. Tremblay✉(University of Saskatchewan)J. Douglas Willms(University of New Brunswick)

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Physical Activity and Health Children's Physical and Motor DevelopmentOverweightSocioeconomic statusObesityBody mass indexMedicineScreen timeSedentary lifestylePhysical activityVideo gameGerontology

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Age FactorsCanadaChildDisease OutbreaksFamily CharacteristicsFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleObesityRisk FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsSportsTelevisionExercise

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