| Title |
Relationship between objective measures of physical activity and weather: a longitudinal study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, August 2006
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| DOI | 10.1186/1479-5868-3-21 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Catherine B Chan, Daniel AJ Ryan, Catrine Tudor-Locke |
| Abstract |
The weather may be a barrier to physical activity but objective assessment of this hypothesis is lacking. Therefore we evaluated the effect of temperature, rain or snow, and wind speed on the daily physical activity of adults. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 161 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 150 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 27 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 16% |
| Researcher | 20 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 13 | 8% |
| Other | 31 | 19% |
| Unknown | 28 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 28 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 16 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 7% |
| Psychology | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 35 | 22% |
| Unknown | 36 | 22% |