Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in European children: The IDEFICS study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2295-2306

  Santaliestra Pasías, Alba Ma ^a   Mouratidou, Theodora ^a   Verbestel, Vera ^b   Bammann, Karin ^c   Molnar, Dénes ^d   Sieri, Sabina ^e   Siani, Alfonso ^f   Veidebaum, Toomas ^g   Mårild, Staffan ^h   Lissner, Lauren ⁱ   Hadjigeorgiou, Charalambos ^j   Reisch, Lucia ^k   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^b   Moreno, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^h QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^j Research and education institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^k Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Children; Commuting; Europe; IDEFICS; Leisure time; Physical activity; Screen time; Sedentary behaviours; Television watching

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITION; PARENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PARENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPORTS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84910623885     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013002486     Document Type: Article

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