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263 results for "General Activity"

Patterns of Sedentary Behaviour in 7-11 Year Old Children

  • Added on June 15, 2012

Purpose To describe the patterns of sedentary behaviour (SB) across the day and explore relationships with body composition and fitness. Methods 249 children (mean age 8.8 yrs; 56% female) wore an ActiGraph GT1M accelerometer for 7 days, completed a 20m shuttle run fitness test and had triceps and subscapular skinfolds measured. SB was ...




Independent Mobility in Relation to Energy Intake in Schoolchildren

  • Added on June 15, 2012

Purpose Children’s independent mobility may correlate with physical activity; however it may also expose them to more sweet and fast food shops, potentially explaining the caloric intake in young people. This cross-sectional study investigated whether independent mobility is preadolescents was related to caloric intake. Methods Six hundred and thirty ...


Does Time Spent in Child Care Influence Preschool Children’s Physical Activity?

  • Added on June 15, 2012

Purpose Low levels of physical activity (PA) have been associated with increased risk of child overweight. Multiple studies show that young children are not getting the recommended 60 minutes of PA during their 8-hour day in childcare. (Reilly, 2010) This study will explored whether time spent in childcare is related to children’...


Multi-group and Longitudinal Invariance of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to Predict Physical Activity Type and Physical Activity Energy Expenditure in Children and Adolescents

  • Added on June 15, 2012

Purpose To evaluate the multi-group and longitudinal invariance of ANNs to predict physical activity (PA) type and PA energy expenditure (METs) in youth. Methods The study was conducted at two sites. Site 1 (S1) served as the training and testing sample and comprised 100 youth mean age 11.0 ± 2.7 y. Site 2 (S2) served as ...


Hotspots for Schoolyard Physical Activity – Using GPS, Accelerometry and GIS

  • Added on June 15, 2012

Purpose A number of recent studies have found associations between the characteristics of schoolyards and the level of PA of schoolchildren using the schoolyards. Based on these findings, it seems likely that making schoolyards more attractive will help to increase the total amount of PA among schoolchildren. Before starting our ...


Can Young Toddlers in a Rural African Setting Wear an Accelerometer to Measure Physical Activity?

  • Added on June 15, 2012

Purpose Published experiences of using accelerometers in very young children are scarce. This study tested the usability of one accelerometer type, ActiGraph GT3X, in assessing free-living physical activity of 1.5 year-old Malawian children. Methods Fifty-two Malawian children [23 boys, mean age 17.0 months (range 16.0 – 18.5), mean HAZ -0.83, mean WHZ 0.08] from rural Lungwena ...



Predictors of Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity in African American Young Adolescents

  • Added on June 14, 2012

Background African American youth residing in the South are at high risk for obesity and physical inactivity. A growing body of evidence suggests that persons living in activity-friendly environments engage in more physical activity (PA); however, access of public recreational facilities varies by neighborhood and demographic characteristics. Additionally, historical and ...