Body movement and physical activity energy expenditure in children and adolescents: How to adjust for differences in body size and age

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 851-856

  Ekelund, Ulf ^a,b,f   Yngve, Agneta ^c   Brage, Sören ^b,d   Westerterp, Klaas ^e   Sjöström, Michael ^c  

^a MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Doubly labeled water; Physical activity energy expenditure; Physical activity level

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; AGING; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WATER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

DEUTERIUM; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEUTERIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

EID: 2442424037     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/79.5.851     Document Type: Article

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