The Fitness, Obesity, and Health Equation

Is Physical Activity the Common Denominator?

  • Blair, Steven N. PED
  • Church, Tim S. MD, MPH, PhD

  • The Cooper Institute, Dallas, Tex.

Corresponding Author: Steven N. Blair, PED, The Cooper Institute, 12330 Preston Road, Dallas, TX 75230 ([email protected]).

Funding/Support: This work is supported by grants AG006945, HL066262, and HL075442 from the National Institutes of Health.

Acknowledgment: We thank Milton Z. Nichaman, MD, ScD, and Michael LaMonte, PhD, MPH, for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this editorial, and Melba Morrow, MA, for editorial assistance.

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 292(10):p 1232-1234, September 8, 2004.
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