Physical Activity in 3-6 Year Old Children Measured by SenseWear Pro®: Direct Accelerometry in the Course of the Week and Relation to Weight Status, Media Consumption, and Socioeconomic Factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Vorwerg, Yvonne ^a,b   Petroff, David ^a   Kiess, Wieland ^b   Blüher, Susann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; OBESITY; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHER;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEVISION;

EID: 84875716174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060619     Document Type: Article

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