Large scale studies investigating physical activity level in the young population often include children and adolescents in the age range 9 to 15 years. However, less is known about the physical activity level of 6-year-olds. Active commuting, such as walking or cycling to school, has been promoted as a potential source of ...
Adults without intellectual disability (WID) are more active than persons with intellectual disability (ID). Very little is known about physical activity (PA) patterns of ID children, however. Purpose To investigate PA patterns of Icelandic primary school children with mild-to-severe ID. Methods Anthropometric measurements were obtained among 71 ID children (47 boys) and 70 ...
Purpose Recess and other school-based physical activity (PA) programs are important avenues for school children to participate in PA beyond physical education at school (NASPE, 2006). However, the quantification of the contributions of these programs, as compared with physical education, remains largely unexplored. This study was designed to compare young children’...
Purpose Accelerometers could potentially be used to assess physical activity and sleep using the same monitor; however, two different positions are typically used for the assessment of physical activity and sleep (waist and wrist, respectively). The aim of this study is to evaluate the concordance between wrist- and waist-worn Actigraphs ...
Background: The aim of this study is to describe the relationship between objective measures of sleep, physical activity and BMI in Swedish pre-adolescents. The day-to-day association between physical activity and sleep quality as well as week-day and weekend pattern of sleep is also described. Method: We conducted a cross sectional ...
Background Accelerometers are now the method of choice to objectively assess activity in young children. While numerous cut-points exist for preschoolers, cut points for children aged 1-3 years are limited. Purpose To determine ActiGraph GT1M cut-points for sedentary (SED), light (LPA) and moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in toddlers. Methods ...
The Physical Activity Questionnaires (PAQ-Children and PAQ-Adolescents) are widely used to assess youth physical activity patterns but a limitation is that they do not provide information about time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Purpose The purpose of this study was to calibrate in- and out-of-school activity items of the ...
Various sets of prediction equations for the Actigraph have been developed to estimate energy expenditure (EE) in youth, but there is no consensus about the best approach. A set of two 2-regression models (2RM) have been proposed as alternative to traditional single regression models (1RM), but they have not been ...
Little research exists assessing parent and child physical activity (PA) in relation to parental knowledge of PA recommendations. Purpose To subjectively and objectively assess parent and child PA and parental knowledge of the moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) guidelines for adults and children. Methods Participants were 20 parent-child pairs (child age 8.9 ± 1.9 y). ...
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and executive function (EF), the ability to organize thoughts and make decisions, have been identified as contributors to cognitive ability and academic success in school-aged children. These associations have not been established in young children. Purpose To determine the influence of MVPA and EF on school ...