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Pima Indian girls have significantly lower sport leisure activity and spend more time watching television/videos compared to Caucasian girls.
Encouraging increased physical activity and reduced screen time may benefit Pima Indian girls' health.
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Pima Indian girls showed significantly lower past year and past week sport leisure activity than Caucasian girls (P < 0.01) and spent significantly more time watching television/videos (P < 0.05).
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Based on direct comparisons between groups.
Source
Decreased physical activity in Pima Indian compared with Caucasian children.
A M Fontvieille et al. · PubMed · 1993
cross-sectional · n=85Cited 74×
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