Maintaining recommended sleep throughout the week is associated with increased physical activity in children

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 112-117

  Stone, Michelle R ^a   Stevens, Daniel ^a   Faulkner, Guy E J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; ActiGraph; Child; Health; Obesity; Physical activity; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME;

ACCELEROMETRY; CANADA; CHILD; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SLEEP; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84872494485     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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