Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is essential for disease prevention and health
promotion. Emerging evidence suggests other intensities of physical activity (PA), including …

Background: In 2005, investigators convened by the National Cancer Institute recommended
development of standardized protocols for accelerometer use and reporting decision rules in …

Background Levels of physical activity and variation in physical activity and sedentary time
by place and person in European children and adolescents are largely unknown. The …

Globally, childhood obesity is on the rise and the effect of objectively measured movement
behaviour on body composition remains unclear. Longitudinal and causal mediation …

Background and aim There is a widely held and influential view that physical activity begins
to decline at adolescence. This study aimed to identify the timing of changes in physical …

Purpose A Youth Compendium of Physical Activities (Youth Compendium) was developed
to estimate the energy costs of physical activities using data on youth only. Methods On the …

Purpose The study aims were to compare raw triaxial accelerometer output from ActiGraph
GT3X+(AG) and GENEActiv (GA) placed on the hip and the wrist and to develop regression …

It has been theorized that physical literacy is associated with physical activity and health.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the associations between physical literacy and …

Purpose Previously, studies examining correlates of sedentary behavior have been limited
by small sample size, restricted geographic area, and little socio-cultural variability. Further …

Sedentary behaviour has emerged as a unique determinant of health in adults. Studies in
children and adolescents have been less consistent. We reviewed the evidence to …