Levels of physical activity and sedentary time among 10- to 12-year-old boys and girls across 5 European countries using accelerometers: An observational study within the ENERGY-project

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Verloigne, Maïté ^a   Van Lippevelde, Wendy ^a   Maes, Lea ^a   Yildirim, Mine ^b   Chinapaw, Mai ^b   Manios, Yannis ^c   Androutsos, Odysseas ^c   Kovács, Éva ^d   Bringolf Isler, Bettina ^e,f   Brug, Johannes ^b   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIMETRY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SWITZERLAND; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BELGIUM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84859025193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-34     Document Type: Article

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