Physical activity in US youth: effect of race/ethnicity, age, gender, and weight status.

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Published in Med Sci Sports Exerc on December 01, 2010

Authors

Britni R Belcher1, David Berrigan, Kevin W Dodd, B Adar Emken, Chih-Ping Chou, Donna Spruijt-Metz

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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