Age and gender differences in the physical activity patterns of urban schoolchildren in Korea and China

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-107

  Yamauchi, Taro ^a,i   Kim, Soo Nam ^b   Lu, Zhongfan ^c   Ichimaru, Naoto ^d   Maekawa, Ryuichi ^e   Natsuhara, Kazumi ^f   Ohtsuka, Ryutaro ^g   Zhou, Huan ^h   Yokoyama, Shintaro ^e   Yu, Wenquan ^c   He, Minxue ^c   Kim, She Hwan ^b   Ishii, Masaru ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f FUKUOKA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g National Institute for Environmental Studies

^h SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Childhood obesity; East Asia; Energy expenditure; Physical activity; School children; Step counts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHINA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHINA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34248579903     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.26.101     Document Type: Article

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