Correlates of physical activity and obesity among a sample of Chinese-Australian adolescents Strugnell, Claudia 2013, Correlates of physical activity and obesity among a sample of Chinese-Australian adolescents, Ph.D thesis, School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, Deakin University. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads strugnell-correlatesofphysical-2013A.pdf Connect to thesis application/pdf 3.82MB 465 Title Correlates of physical activity and obesity among a sample of Chinese-Australian adolescents Author Strugnell, Claudia orcid.org/0000-0001-5912-9720 Institution Deakin University School School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Faculty of Health Degree type Research doctorate Degree name Ph.D Thesis advisor Burns, Cate Renzaha, Andre Ridley, Kate Timperio, Anna orcid.org/0000-0002-8773-5012 Salmon, Jo orcid.org/0000-0002-4734-6354 Cui, Jisheng Date submitted 2013-01 Keyword(s) Chinese-Australian adolescents Anglo-Australian adolescents Obesity Physical activity Summary This thesis examined the influences on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and overweight and obesity among a sample of Chinese-Australian and Anglo-Australian adolescents. The results found no significant difference in rates of overweight and obesity; however, lower engagement in daily light-intensity physical activity and greater sedentary participation was revealed among Chinese-Australian adolescents. Language eng Field of Research 111706 Epidemiology 111712 Health Promotion Socio Economic Objective 920204 Evaluation of Health Outcomes Description of original 363 pages : illustrations, tables, graphs Dewey Decimal Classification 618.92398 Copyright notice ©The Author. All Rights Reserved Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30062521 Document type: Thesis Collections: Higher degree theses (Open Access) Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 17 Apr 2014, 13:43:10 EST Thu, 17 Apr 2014, 14:29:06 EST Thu, 17 Apr 2014, 14:30:18 EST Wed, 21 May 2014, 11:57:51 EST Wed, 21 May 2014, 12:00:23 EST Thu, 09 Mar 2017, 07:01:01 EST Thu, 09 Mar 2017, 08:46:30 EST Mon, 06 Aug 2018, 12:42:30 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 19:00:27 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 339 Abstract Views, 470 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 17 Apr 2014, 13:42:56 EST by Belinda Lee