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Determinants of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Toddlers

  • Presented on May 29, 2014

Background: Understanding the factors that influence physical activity can aid in the design of more effective interventions to promote physical activity and reduce obesity in children. While a plethora of data exists for preschoolers, data on toddlers are limited. Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to predict ...



Children's Physical Activity Levels During School-based Programs and After-school Segment

  • Presented on May 29, 2014

Purpose: Physical education (PE), exergaming, recess, lunch recess, and after-school segment are important avenues that may contribute to children's physical activity (PA) time each day. However, the contributions of the school-based and after-school segments to children’s daily PA levels remain unclear. Therefore, this study was designed to quantify the ...


Comparison of Static and Dynamic School Furniture on Physical Activity and Learning in Children

  • Presented on May 29, 2014

Purpose: To compare the effect of traditional (stable) and non-traditional (dynamic) school furniture, designed to allow increased low amplitude movement while remaining in a seated position, on children’s physical activity (PA), energy expenditure, information retention, and math skills Methods: Participants were 12 students (8.3 yrs, 58% boys) in grades 1 - 6. Children participated ...


Physical Activity and Physical Fitness in Adolescents With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • Presented on May 29, 2014

Background: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication skills and restrictive interests. ASD may also include delayed or impaired motor development. These social, behavioral, and perhaps motor impairments may interfere with a variety of physical activity (PA) opportunities, and therefore, put them into risk ...



Validity of the Block Kids Physical Activity Screener for Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity

  • Presented on May 29, 2014

Purpose: Objectively measuring physical activity in children is often impractical; thus self-report methods are frequently used but may not be valid for determination of physical activity intensity. This study examined the accuracy and validity of the Block Kids Physical Activity Screener (PAS) for estimating moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) ...


Physical Education & Recess MVPA in Low SES Elementary School Children

  • Presented on May 29, 2014

Background: The physical activity guidelines for Americans call for children and adolescents to participate in 60 minutes of MVPA daily. For most children, especially those with low socioeconomic status (SES), the school environment has been identified as the best suited to provide MVPA opportunities. Purpose: To examine the time spent ...


Effect of Epoch Length on Patterns of Stepping Cadence in Fourth-Grade School Children

  • Presented on May 29, 2014

Background: Children’s physical activity is often intermittent and sporadic. Shorter accelerometer epochs (e.g., 5 vs. 60 s) amplify children’s time spent at higher activity count-defined intensities; however, it remains unknown how accelerometer-determined estimates of time spent and steps accumulated within incremental cadence (steps/min) bands may be infl...


Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines Does Not Result In Less Sedentary Time

  • Presented on May 29, 2014

Background: Physical activity (PA) has long been associated with reduced all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. More recently, time spent in sedentary behaviours has emerged as an independent risk factor for all-cause and CVD mortality. It is not well known if meeting PA guidelines reduces the amount of time spent ...