Aim We aimed to study the sedentary behaviour and obesity levels in 123 students of the 7th grade and their implications in blood pressure levels. Methods Sedentary behavior and physical activity were assessed with accelerometry. Blood pressure was measured and for both systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressures Z-scores adjusted ...
Aim The aim was to evaluate seasonal variations in physical activity. This study is part of the pilot phase of the Finnish Schools on the Move program in 2010-2012. Methods The study population consisted of 119 boys and girls from grades 1 to 9 (7 to 15 years of age) from 6 schools. Children's physical activity ...
Aim The purpose of the present study was to analyse differences in blood pressure between different levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) controlling for the influences of age, sex, waist circumference (WC) and objectively measured physical activity levels (PA). Methods Participants were 405 students aged 10-19 years (239 girls and 166 boys) from North ...
Aims Understanding trends and tracking of children's physical activity (PA) could help to optimise the type and timing of interventions designed to make children more active. The aims of this longitudinal study were to establish the age at which PA levels begin to fall and to determine whether inactivity in ...
Aim This study evaluated objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time among Finnish schoolaged children from grades 1 to 6 (ages 7 to 12 years) and compared the results between boys and girls, and between different age groups. Methods The study population consisted of 568 Finnish boys and girls from grades 1 to 6 (mean age 9.9 years, ...
Aim Some studies have analyzed the relation between sedentary behavior (SB) and body composition in children and adolescents. However most of the studies have used self-reported measures of SB and/or did not consider the potential confounding effect of physical activity in their analysis. The aim of this study was ...
Aim The aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore relationships between motor coordination coefficient (MC), cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max) moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and percentage of body fat (%BF) in children and adolescents from 6 to 19 years. Methods 108 children and adolescents (65 girls, 60.2%) from 6 schools in Porto district took ...
Aim The purpose of this study was to describe objectively measured physical activity (PA) levels in a rural Irish population based sample of students aged 12-14 years of age 1) during weekday and weekend time periods and 2) specific to the weight status of participants. Methods One hundred and seventy four students ...
Aim Little is known of the longitudinal association between sub-clinical atherosclerosis from childhood to adolescence. Therefore, the aim was investigate the association between physical activity (PA) intensity across childhood and sub-clinical atherosclerosis in adolescence. Methods This was a prospective study of a sample of 236 children (baseline age 8-10 y) with ...
Aim To investigate eight-year changes in fatness, fitness and physical activity in a cohort of Icelandic children by comparing measurements conducted at two different time points. Methods In 2003 a total of 489, 9-year-olds participated in a study called Lifestyle of 9 and 15 year-old Icelanders. A total of 258 from this cohort were recruited ...