Summary
There is an association between adiposity levels and physical activity guidelines for adolescents.
Achieving physical activity recommendations helps adolescents to prevent obesity status.
This paper presents an association between physical activity levels and obesity status.
This paper supports physical activity recommendations to avoid children's obesity levels.
This paper emphasizes ...
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Introduction
Relapse in the first 3-5 years following weight loss is a common problem in obesity management (Ross, 2009). The extent to which physiological (Jackman et al., 2008) vs behavioural adaptations contribute to weight loss relapse is not clearly understood. Moreover, there is some indication that an ‘energy gap’ or leading to ...
Introduction
physical activity (PA) is perceived to be a key determinant of childhood adiposity. This study objectively characterizes the daily PA of 7-year-olds and relates it to waking time, intensity, UK recommendations and body fat.
Methods and Participants
MTI-Actigraph accelerometers were worn by 129 (88) healthy boys (girls) for seven days. Calibration ...
Introduction
There is much interest in children’s physical activity (PA), but little understanding of its control. The evidence that total activity levels could be increased by the provision of greater opportunity for physical activity is lacking.
Methods and Participants
MTI-Actigraph accelerometers recorded weekly PA in two groups of healthy ...
Purpose
To examine the effects of short bouts of structured physical activity (PA) on during-school total PA in lower socioeconomic status preschoolers.
Methods
Ten preschool centers serving low-income families will be recruited and randomly assigned to one of two groups. Treatment preschools will implement the Tutti Fruitti Instant Recess intervention ...
Background
Determining the relation of built environment characteristics to physical activity and obesity remains an ongoing public health concern. Recent literature suggests that environment characteristics of smart growth planning (e.g., walkability, preservation of open space) may promote physical activity. However, the majority of studies examining associations between these environmental ...
Background
Over the last decades, a decline in motor skills and in physical activity and an increase in obesity has been observed in children. However, there is a lack of data in young children. We tested if differences in motor skills and in physical activity according to weight or gender ...
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) to be beneficial for health (2, 3). Recommendations for healthy levels of PA for children have been established (4) but there is a need for ...
Introduction Epidemiological studies for investigating physical activity as a predictor for a health outcome such as obesity often use average daily moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) as a summary of the highly dimensional actigraph measurements. The problem with using a single summary statistics such as MVPA is that it ...