Seasonal variation in physical activity and sedentary time in different European regions. The HELENA study

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1831-1840

  Gracia Marco, Luis ^a,b   Ortega, Francisco B ^c,d   Ruiz, Jonatan R ^c,d   Williams, Craig A ^a   Hagströmer, Maria ^d   Manios, Yannis ^e   Kafatos, Anthony ^f,o   Béghin, Laurent ^g   Polito, Angela ^h,q   De Henauw, Stefaan ⁱ   Valtueña, Jara ^j   Widhalm, Kurt ^k,t   Molnar, Denes ^l   Alexy, Ute ^m   Moreno, Luis A ^b   Sjöström, Michael ^d   McKey, A ^b   Fleta, Jesús ^b   Casajús, José A ^b   Rodríguez, Gerardo ^b   Tomás, Concepción ^b   Mesana, María I ^b   Vicente Rodríguez, Germán ^b   Villarroya, Adoración ^b   Gil, Carlos M ^b   Ara, Ignacio ^b   Revenga, Juan ^b   Lachen, Carmen ^b   Alvira, Juan Fernández ^b   Bueno, Gloria ^b   Lázaro, Aurora ^b   Bueno, Olga ^b   Le, Juan Fón ^b   Garagorri, Jesús M ^b   Bueno, Manuel ^b   López, Juan Pablo Rey ^b   Iglesia, Iris ^b   Velasco, Paula ^b   Bel, Silvia ^b   Mouratidou, Theodora ^b   Marcos, Ascensión ⁿ   Wärnberg, Julia ^d,n   Nova, Esther ⁿ   Gómez, Sonia ⁿ   Díaz, Esperanza Ligia ⁿ   Romeo, Javier ⁿ   Veses, Ana ⁿ   Puertollano, Mari Angeles ⁿ   Zapatera, Belén ⁿ   Pozo, Tamara ⁿ   Beghin, Laurent ^g   Libersa, Christian ^g   Gottrand, Frédéric ^g   Iliescu, Catalina ^g   Von Berlepsch, Juliana ^g   Kersting, Mathilde ^m   Sichert Hellert, Wolfgang ^m   Koeppen, Ellen ^m   Erhardt, Eva ^l   Csernus, Katalin ^l   Török, Katalin ^l   Bokor, Szilvia ^l   Angster, Mrs ^l   Nagy, Enikö ^l   Kovács, Orsolya ^l   Repásy, Judit ^l   Codrington, Caroline ^o   Plada, María ^o   Papadaki, Angeliki ^o   Sarri, Katerina ^o   Viskadourou, Anna ^o   Hatzis, Christos ^o   Kiriakakis, Michael ^o   Tsibinos, George ^o   Sbokos, Constantine Vardavas Manolis ^o   Protoyeraki, Eva ^o   Fasoulaki, Maria ^o   Pietrzik, Klaus ^o   González Gross, Marcela ^j,o   Breidenassel, Christina ^o   Spinneker, Andre ^o   Al Tahan, Jasmin ^o   Segoviano, Miriam ^o   Berchtold, Anke ^o   Bierschbach, Christine ^o   Blatzheim, Erika ^o   Schuch, Adelheid ^o   Stehle, Peter ^m   Pickert, Petra ^m   Castillo, Manuel J ^c   Gutiérrez, Ángel ^c   Artero, Enrique G ^c   España Romero, Vanesa ^c   Jiménez Pavón, David ^c,j   Chillón, Palma ^c   Arcella, Davide ^q   Azzini, Elena ^q   Barrison, Emma ^q   Bevilacqua, Noemi ^q   Buonocore, Pasquale ^q   Catasta, Giovina ^q   Censi, Laura ^q   Ciarapica, Donatella ^q   D'Acapito, Paola ^q   Ferrari, Marika ^q   Galfo, Myriam ^q   Le Donne, Cinzia ^q   Leclercq, Catherine ^q   Maiani, Giuseppe ^q   Mauro, Beatrice ^q   Mistura, Lorenza ^q   Pasquali, Antonella ^q   Piccinelli, Raffaela ^q   Spada, Raffaella ^q   Sette, Stefania ^q   Zaccaria, Maria ^q   Scalfi, Luca ^r   Vitaglione, Paola ^r   Montagnese, Concetta ^r   de Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ⁱ   de Vriendt, Tineke ⁱ   Maes, Lea ⁱ   Matthys, Christophe ⁱ   Vereecken, Carine ⁱ   de Maeyer, Mieke ⁱ   Ottevaere, Charlene ⁱ   Huybrechts, Inge ⁱ   Phillipp, Katharina ^t   Dietrich, Sabine ^t   Grammatikaki, Eva ^e   Bouloubasi, Zoi ^e   Cook, Tina Louisa ^e   Eleutheriou, Sofia ^e   Consta, Orsalia ^e   Moschonis, George ^e   Katsaroli, Ioanna ^e   Kraniou, George ^e   Papoutsou, Stalo ^e   Keke, Despoina ^e   Petraki, Ioanna ^e   Bellou, Elena ^e   Tanagra, Sofia ^e   Kallianoti, Kostalenia ^e   Argyropoulou, Dionysia ^e   Kondaki, Katerina ^e   Tsikrika, Stamatoula ^e   Karaiskos, Christos ^e   Dallongeville, Jean ^v   Meirhaeghe, Aline ^v   Sjöstrom, Michael ^d   Bergman, Patrick ^d   Hallström, Lena ^d   Hallberg, Mårten ^d   Poortvliet, Eric ^d   Rizzo, Nico ^d   Beckman, Linda ^d   Wennlöf, Anita Hurtig ^d   Patterson, Emma ^d   Kwak, Lydia ^d   Cernerud, Lars ^d   Tillgren, Per ^d   Sörensen, Stefaan ^d   Sánchez Molero, Jackie ^w   Picó, Elena ^w   Navarro, Maite ^w   Viadel, Blanca ^w   Carreres, José Enrique ^w   Merino, Gema ^w   Sanjuán, Rosa ^w   Lorente, María ^w   Sánchez, María José ^w   Castelló, Sara ^w   Gilbert, Chantal ^x   Thomas, Sarah ^x   Allchurch, Elaine ^x   Burguess, Peter ^x   Hall, Gunnar ^y   Astrom, Annika ^y   Sverkén, Anna ^y   Broberg, Agneta ^y   Masson, Annick ^z   Lehoux, Claire ^z   Brabant, Pascal ^z   Pate, Philippe ^z   Fontaine, Laurence ^z   Sebok, Andras ^x   Kuti, Tunde ^x   Hegyi, Adrienn ^x   Maldonado, Cristina ^aa   Llorente, Ana ^aa   García, Emilio ^ab   von Fircks, Holger ^s   Hallberg, Marianne Lilja ^s   Messerer, Maria ^s   Larsson, Mats ^u   Fredriksson, Helena ^u   Adamsson, Viola ^u   Börjesson, Ingmar ^u   Fernández, Laura ^p   Smillie, Laura ^p   Wills, Josephine ^p   Albers, Ulrike ^j   Pedrero, Raquel ^j   Meléndez, Agustín ^j   Benito, Pedro J ^j   Lorente, Juan José Gómez ^j   Cañada, David ^j   Urzanqui, Alejandro ^j   Ortiz, Juan Carlos ^j   Fuentes, Francisco ^j   Torres, Rosa María ^j   Navarro, Paloma ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^g UNIV LILLE   (France)

^h 546 Via Ardeatina I00178 Rome I   (Italy)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^k Private Medical University   (Austria)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

ⁿ CSIC   (Spain)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^p Universidad Politécnica de Madrid ^*  (Belgium)

^q ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^s Box 715   (Sweden)

^t MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^u Lantmännen Food R and D   (Sweden)

^v INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^w Asociación de Investigación de la Industria Agroalimentaria   (Spain)

^x CAMPDEN BRI   (United Kingdom)

^y SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^z Meurice Recherche and Development asbl   (Belgium)

^aa Productos Aditivos SA   (Spain)

^ab Cárnicas Serrano SL   (Spain)

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Author keywords

accelerometer; active; inactive; moderate to vigorous physical activity; paediatric population; season

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEASON; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CLIMATE; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEASONS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84888014813     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2013.803595     Document Type: Article

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