Study protocol of physical activity and sedentary behaviour measurement among schoolchildren by accelerometry - cross-sectional survey as part of the ENERGY-project
Date Issued
2011-01-01
Author(s)
Yıldırım, Mine
Verloigne, Maïté
de Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse
Androutsos, Odysseas
Manios, Yannis
Felso, Regina
Kovács, Éva
Doessegger, Alain
te Velde, Saskia J
Brug, Johannes
Chinapaw, Mai J M
DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-11-182
Abstract
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Physical activity and sedentary behaviour among children should be measured accurately in order to investigate their relationship with health. Accelerometry provides objective and accurate measurement of body movement, which can be c