Validity of a practitioner-administered observational tool to measure physical activity, nutrition, and screen time in school-age programs

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lee, Rebekka M ^a   Emmons, Karen M ^b   Okechukwu, Cassandra A ^a   Barrett, Jessica L ^a   Kenney, Erica L ^a   Cradock, Angie L ^a   Giles, Catherine M ^a   de Blois, Madeleine E ^a   Gortmaker, Steven L ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterschool; Children; Measurement; Nutrition; Out of school time; Physical activity; Screen time; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CALORIMETRY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUT OF SCHOOL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OBSERVATIONAL PRACTICE ASSESSMENT TOOL; PERFORMANCE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; VALIDATION STUDY; BEVERAGE; DRINKING; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEVISION; TIME; VEGETABLE; VIDEO GAME;

BEVERAGES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOLS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SNACKS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84964312679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-014-0145-5     Document Type: Article

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