Aim
This study evaluated objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time among Finnish schoolaged children from grades 1 to 6 (ages 7 to 12 years) and compared the results between boys and girls, and between different age groups.
Methods
The study population consisted of 568 Finnish boys and girls from grades 1 to 6 (mean age 9.9 years, ...
Aim Some studies have analyzed the relation between sedentary behavior (SB) and body composition in children and adolescents. However most of the studies have used self-reported measures of SB and/or did not consider the potential confounding effect of physical activity in their analysis. The aim of this study was ...
Aim To examine the magnitude of associations between objectively-measured PA subcomponents and sedentary time with body composition in a large free-living population cohort of preschool children.
Methods This was a cross-sectional study of 398 preschool children recruited from the Southampton Women's Survey. PA was measured by accelerometry and body composition by ...
Aim This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between objectively measured sedentary behavior (SB) and motor coordination in Portuguese children, accounting for physical activity, accelerometer wear time, waist-to-height ratio, and mother's education level.
Methods A cross-sectional school-based study was conducted on 213 children (110 girls and 103 boys) aged 9-10 in the ...
Background
The aim of this study was to examine the differences in diet, physical activity, and weight status among children living in rural and urban America and to study the roles of obesity-related behaviors in residence-based differences in childhood obesity.
Methods
We performed cross-sectional analysis of the 1999-2006 National Health ...
Investigations using wearable monitors have begun to examine how sedentary time behaviors influence health.
Purpose
The objective of this study is to demonstrate the use of a measure of sedentary behavior and to validate the activPAL (PAL Technologies Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland) and ActiGraph GT3X (Actigraph, Pensacola, FL) for estimating ...
Background We aimed to examine whether time spent on different sedentary behaviours is associated with bone mineral content (BMC) in adolescents, after controlling for relevant confounders such as lean mass and objectively measured physical activity (PA), and if so, whether extra-curricular participation in osteogenic sports could have a role in ...
Opportunities for sedentary-behaviour research using device-based measures are proposed, addressing four main topics: first, there is an explanation of how sedentary behaviours can most usefully be understood, emphasizing how they are distinct from lack of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (the major focus of current national and international public-health guidelines), together with ...
Background
To examine sedentary time, prolonged sedentary bouts and physical activity in Australian employees from different workplace settings, within work and non-work contexts.
Methods
A convenience sample of 193 employees working in offices (131), call centres (36) and customer service (26) was recruited. Actigraph GT1M accelerometers were used to derive percentages of time ...
Research considering physical activity (PA), physical inactivity and health outcomes among urban and rural youth has produced equivocal findings. This study examined PA, physical inactivity, sedentary behaviours and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in adolescents from urban and rural communities in the Portuguese Midlands. The sample included 362 adolescents (165 males, 197 females) of 13–16 years ...