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People living in hilly residential areas in metropolitan Perth have less diabetes: spurious association or important environmental determinant?
BACKGROUND: Variations in ‘slope’ (how steep or flat the ground is) may be good for health. As walking up hills is a physiologically vigorous physical activity and can contribute to weight control, greater neighbourhood slopes may provide a protective barrier to weight gain, and help prevent Type 2...
Autores principales: | Villanueva, Karen, Knuiman, Matthew, Koohsari, Mohammad Javad, Hickey, Sharyn, Foster, Sarah, Badland, Hannah, Nathan, Andrea, Bull, Fiona, Giles-Corti, Billie |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878017/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24359514 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-12-59 |
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