Patterns of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in preschool children

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Van Cauwenberghe, Eveline ^a,b   Jones, Rachel A ^b   Hinkley, Trina ^b   Crawford, David ^c   Okely, Anthony D ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Hour by hour; Physical activity; Sedentary behavior; Variability; Young children

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAMPLE SIZE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX RATIO;

ACCELEROMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; SCHOOLS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84869888430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-138     Document Type: Article

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