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Michael L. Booth
Researcher at Children's Hospital at Westmead
Publications - 16
Citations - 3030
Michael L. Booth is an academic researcher from Children's Hospital at Westmead. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Physical fitness. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 16 publications receiving 2830 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael L. Booth include Boston Children's Hospital.
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Assessment of physical activity: an international perspective.
TL;DR: Assessment of Physical Activity from an International Perspective: An International Perspective (2000)
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Change in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among young Australians, 1969–1997
Michael L. Booth,Tien Chey,Melissa Wake,Kevin Norton,Kylie D. Hesketh,James Dollman,Ian Robertson +6 more
TL;DR: The data show that in 1985-1997, the prevalence of overweight and obesity combined doubled and that of obesity trebled among young Australians, but the increase over the previous 16 y was far smaller.
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The reliability and validity of the physical activity questions in the WHO health behaviour in schoolchildren (HBSC) survey: a population study
TL;DR: These brief self report questions on participation in vigorous intensity physical activity appear to have acceptable reliability and validity and need to be tested in other cultures to ensure that the findings are not specific to Australian students.
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Access to health care among Australian adolescents young people's perspectives and their sociodemographic distribution
Michael L. Booth,Diana Bernard,Susan Quine,Melissa Kang,Tim Usherwood,Garth Alperstein,David Bennett +6 more
TL;DR: The majority of these young people in New South Wales (particularly males) do not seek health care despite identifying a broad range of issues that affect their health.
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The epidemiology of overweight and obesity among Australian children and adolescents, 1995-97.
TL;DR: To determine if overweight and obesity are distributed differentially across the population of young Australians, based on measured body mass index (BMI).