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Topic: Activity patterns
Back to Research DatabasePHYSICAL ACTIVITY PATTERNS AND FATNESS IN SPANISH CHILDREN: THE EUROPEAN YOUTH HEART STUDY
Introduction Spain has one of the highest rates of childhood overweight and obesity in Europe (1). The majority of Spanish children do not engage in enough physical activity (PA)... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: LAGUNA, M., LARA-HERNÁNDEZ, M.T., RUIZ, J.R., AZNAR, S.
- Institutions: UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA
Titre du document / Document title Relationship between physical activity measured using accelerometers and energy expenditure measured using doubly labelled water in Indian children
Background/Objectives: To test the association between physical activity measured using accelerometer counts (Actigraph) and energy expenditure (EE) measured using the doubly labelled water (DLW) method in free-living children in... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: KRISHNAVENI G. V; VEENA S. R; KURIYAN R; KISHORE R. P; WILLS A. K; NALINAKSHI M; KEHOE S; FALL Chd; KURPAD A. V
- Institutions: Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, St John's National Academy of Health Sciences, and University of Southampton
Physical activity patterns in normal, overweight and obese individuals using minute-by-minute accelerometry.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the levels and patterns of daily physical activity in groups of normal-weight, overweight and obese adults using uniaxial minute-by-minute accelerometry. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of physical activity... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Cooper AR, Page A, Fox KR, Misson J
- Institutions: University of Bristol
Physical activity and determinants of Physical activity in obese and non-obese children
OBJECTIVE: To compare the physical activity (PA) patterns and the hypothesized psychosocial and environmental determinants of PA in an ethnically diverse sample of obese and nouobese middle school children.... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: S G Trost, L M Kerr, D S Ward and R R Pite
- Institutions: University of Queensland, University of South Carolina, and University of North Carolina
Accelerometers for measuring physical activity behavior in Indian children
Objective: To examine the validity of accelerometers for characterizing habitual physical activity patterns in Indian children. Design: Cohort study. Setting: Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore. Subjects: Children (N=103, mean age... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Krishnaveni, G.V., Mills, I.C., Veena, S.R., Wotton, S.A., Wills, A.K., Coakley, P.J., Fisher, D.J., Shobha, S., Karat, S.C. and Fall, C.H.D.
- Institutions: University of Southampton
Weekday and weekend physical activity patterns in overweight Thai adolescents
INTRODUCTION: No previous studies about the Thai adolescent’s physical activity patterns using accelerometers have been published, aiming at planning and implementing effective health intervention programs for weight management in... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Konharn K, Ribeiro JC and Santos MP
- Institutions: Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health, and Leisure, Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, 4200-450, Porto, Portugal
ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ENERGY EXPENDITURE IN ADOLESCENTS
Physical activity (PA) is a complex, multidimensional human behaviour that includes all bodily movement from fidgeting to participation in marathon running.The detailed relationship (i.e. dose – response) between the... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Ulf Ekelund
- Institutions: Stockholm, Sweden
Adolescent Patterns of Physical Activity Differences by Gender, Day, and Time of Day
BACKGROUND: More information about the physical activity of adolescents is needed. This study used objective measurement to investigate differences in activity patterns related to gender, body mass index (BMl),... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Jago, R; Anderson, CB; Baranowski, T; Watson, K
- Institutions: Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Peciatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
WEEKEND AND WEEKDAY PATTERNS OF OBJECTIVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OVERWEIGHT BOYS
Introduction The prevalence of overweight in children has increased in many countries around the world, which could be contributed by the reduction of physical activity (PA). However, the patterns... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: LIN, C., MA, H.I., SU, C.T
- Institutions: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
Differences in Physical Activity Patterns between Older and Younger Adults
Physical activity (PA) between older and young adults can be compared objectively with accelerometers. However, older and young adults may not participate in similar types of PA (e.g. jogging... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Eric S. Rawson, FACSM, James M. Smoliga, Andrew C. Venezia, Christopher D. Still
- Institutions: Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA. Marywood University, Scranton, PA. University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA.