Measured sedentary time and physical activity during the school day of European 10- to 12-year-old children: The ENERGY project

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-206

  van Stralen, Maartje M ^a   Yildirim, Mine ^a   Wulp, Anouk ^a   te Velde, Saskia J ^a   Verloigne, Maïté ^b   Doessegger, Alain ^c   Androutsos, Odysseas ^d   Kovács, Éva ^e   Brug, Johannes ^a   Chinapaw, Mai J M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Elite Sport Department   (Switzerland)

^d HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Behaviour; Correlates; Europe; Exercise; Sedentary

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOUR; CORRELATES; EUROPE; EXERCISE; SEDENTARY;

ACTIGRAPHY; BELGIUM; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PARENTS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84894287189     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.04.019     Document Type: Article

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