Publicación: ASSOCIATION OF ACTIVE COMMUTING WITH OBESITY: FINDINGS FROM THE CHILEAN NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY 2009-2010
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2017
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REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE
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BACKGROUND:
ACTIVE COMMUTING IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOWER RISK FOR OBESITY IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
AIM:
TO INVESTIGATE THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ACTIVE COMMUTING AND OBESITY RISK IN CHILE.
MATERIAL AND METHODS:
ACTIVE COMMUTING WAS MEASURED USING THE GLOBAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE (GPAQ V2) IN 5,293 PARTICIPANTS FROM THE CHILEAN NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY 2009-2010. BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE (WC) WERE THE STUDY OUTCOMES. THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ACTIVE COMMUTING AND OBESITY WAS INVESTIGATED USING LINEAR AND LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS.
