How many steps/day are enough? For children and adolescents

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tudor Locke, Catrine ^a,b   Craig, Cora L ^b,c   Beets, Michael W ^d   Belton, Sarahjane ^e   Cardon, Greet M ^f   Duncan, Scott ^g   Hatano, Yoshiro ^h   Lubans, David R ⁱ   Olds, Timothy S ^j   Raustorp, Anders ^k,l   Rowe, David A ^m   Spence, John C ⁿ   Tanaka, Shigeho ^o   Blair, Steven N ^d  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^h TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^k LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GAIT; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; WALKING SPEED; ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALE; MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL; STANDARD; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SCHOOLS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960656284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-78     Document Type: Review

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