Choice of Activity-Intensity Classification Thresholds Impacts upon Accelerometer-Assessed Physical Activity-Health Relationships in Children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bailey, Daniel P ^a   Boddy, Lynne M ^b   Savory, Louise A ^a   Denton, Sarah J ^a   Kerr, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT PERCENTAGE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHU ET AL ACCELEROMETER THRESHOLD; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIGHT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; MALE; MODERATE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; MODERATE TO VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; ROWLANDS ET AL ACCELEROMETER THRESHOLD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VANHELST ET AL ACCELEROMETER THRESHOLD; VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874186068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057101     Document Type: Article

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