Physical inactivity and associated factors among university students in 23 low-, middle- and high-income countries

Supa Pengpid (), Karl Peltzer (), Hemant Kassean (), Jacques Tsala Tsala (), Vanphanom Sychareun () and Falk Müller-Riemenschneider ()

International Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 60, issue 5, 539-549

Abstract: Four in each ten students are physically inactive, calling for strategic interventions by relevant professionals in higher educational institutions. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2015

Keywords: Physical inactivity; Prevalence; Risk factors; Health behaviour; Depression; University students; Multi-country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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