Determinants of university students physical exercise: a study from Lebanon

Umayya Musharrafieh (), Hani Tamim, Amal Rahi, Maria El-Hajj, Ban Al-Sahab, Khalil El-Asmar and Hala Tamim

International Journal of Public Health, 2008, vol. 53, issue 4, 208-213

Abstract: The prevalence of physical exercise among Lebanese university students is low. Weight control remains the most important predictor of physical activity in males and females. Copyright Birkhaeuser 2008

Keywords: Physical exercise; Predictors; Adolescents; Lebanon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-008-7037-x

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