Objectively measured physical activity in European children: The IDEFICS study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages S135-S143

  Konstabel, K ^a,b   Veidebaum, T ^a   Verbestel, V ^c   Moreno, L A ^d   Bammann, K ^e,f   Tornaritis, M ^g   Eiben, G ^h   Molnar D ⁱ   Siani, A ^j   Sprengeler, O ^f   Wirsik, N ^f   Ahrens, W ^e,f   Pitsiladis, Y ^k  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^g Research and Education Institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^j CNR   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CYPRUS; ESTONIA; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ITALY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SPAIN; SWEDEN; ACCELEROMETRY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; EXERCISE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ACCELEROMETRY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84929308557     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2014.144     Document Type: Article

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