Published in Med Sci Sports Exerc on January 01, 2004
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Effect of physical activity intervention on body composition in young children: influence of body mass index status and gender. Acta Paediatr (2007) 1.01
Identifying accelerometer nonwear and wear time in older adults. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2013) 1.00
Examining the validity of the ActivPAL monitor in measuring posture and ambulatory movement in children. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2012) 1.00
SPACE for physical activity--a multicomponent intervention study: study design and baseline findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.00
Influence of allowable interruption period on estimates of accelerometer wear time and sedentary time in older adults. J Aging Phys Act (2013) 0.98
Travel to school and physical activity levels in 9-10 year-old UK children of different ethnic origin; Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE). PLoS One (2012) 0.98
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Aerobic fitness relates to learning on a virtual Morris Water Task and hippocampal volume in adolescents. Behav Brain Res (2012) 0.96
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Unit-specific calibration of Actigraph accelerometers in a mechanical setup - is it worth the effort? The effect on random output variation caused by technical inter-instrument variability in the laboratory and in the field. BMC Med Res Methodol (2008) 0.96
Differences in physical activity and sedentary time in relation to weight in 8-9 year old children. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2008) 0.96
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Active living neighborhoods: is neighborhood walkability a key element for Belgian adolescents? BMC Public Health (2012) 0.96
Predictors of change differ for moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity and for weekdays and weekends: a longitudinal analysis. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2013) 0.95
Effects of a 20-month cluster randomised controlled school-based intervention trial on BMI of school-aged boys and girls: the HEIA study. Br J Sports Med (2013) 0.94
What do adolescents want in order to become more active? BMC Public Health (2013) 0.93
Association between physical activity and cardiovascular risk in Chinese youth independent of age and pubertal stage. BMC Public Health (2010) 0.92
Associations between eating frequency, adiposity, diet, and activity in 9-10 year old healthy-weight and centrally obese children. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2012) 0.92
Three-year follow-up of physical activity in Norwegian youth from two ethnic groups: associations with socio-demographic factors. BMC Public Health (2008) 0.92
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Predictors of non-response in a UK-wide cohort study of children's accelerometer-determined physical activity using postal methods. BMJ Open (2013) 0.91
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Association between screen viewing duration and sleep duration, sleep quality, and excessive daytime sleepiness among adolescents in Hong Kong. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2014) 0.90
cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with hard and light intensity physical activity but not time spent sedentary in 10-14 year old schoolchildren: the HAPPY study. PLoS One (2013) 0.89
White matter connectivity and aerobic fitness in male adolescents. Dev Cogn Neurosci (2013) 0.89
Objectively determined physical activity levels of primary school children in south-west Germany. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.89
Active gaming in Dutch adolescents: a descriptive study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2012) 0.88
Back education in elementary schoolchildren: the effects of adding a physical activity promotion program to a back care program. Eur Spine J (2006) 0.88
Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health: evidence and background to the development of the Y-PATH physical activity intervention for adolescents. BMC Public Health (2014) 0.87
Intervention effects on adolescent physical activity in the multicomponent SPACE study: a cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS One (2014) 0.86
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Assessment of a two-year school-based physical activity intervention among 7-9-year-old children. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2011) 0.86
Is wearing a pedometer associated with higher physical activity among adolescents? Prev Med (2013) 0.86
Effectiveness and feasibility of lowering playground density during recess to promote physical activity and decrease sedentary time at primary school. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.85
Development and usability testing of an internet intervention to increase physical activity in overweight adolescents. JMIR Res Protoc (2013) 0.85
Physical activity maintenance in the transition to adolescence: a longitudinal study of the roles of sport and lifestyle activities in British youth. PLoS One (2014) 0.84
Relationship between self-reported dietary intake and physical activity levels among adolescents: the HELENA study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2011) 0.84
Ten-year objective physical activity tracking: Iowa Bone Development Study. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2013) 0.84
Association between sedentary behaviour and socioeconomic factors, diet and lifestyle among the Balearic Islands adolescents. BMC Public Health (2012) 0.83
Differences in brain activity during a verbal associative memory encoding task in high- and low-fit adolescents. J Cogn Neurosci (2012) 0.83
Accelerometer measured daily physical activity and sedentary pursuits--comparison between two models of the Actigraph and the importance of data reduction. BMC Res Notes (2013) 0.83
Reduced physical activity in children and adolescents with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis despite satisfactory control of inflammation. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J (2015) 0.83
Association between diet and physical activity and sedentary behaviours in 9-10-year-old British White children. Public Health (2013) 0.82
Dietary pattern and leisure time activity of overweight and normal weight children in Germany: sex-specific differences. Nutr J (2013) 0.82
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Physical activity and sedentary behaviours in Greek-Cypriot children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2011) 0.82
Adolescents' physical activity at recess and actions to promote a physically active school day in four Finnish schools. Health Educ Res (2014) 0.82
The changing relationship between rainfall and children's physical activity in spring and summer: a longitudinal study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2015) 0.81
More of the same or a change of scenery: an observational study of variety and frequency of physical activity in British children. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.81
Linear/nonlinear relations of activity and fitness with children's academic achievement. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2014) 0.81
Prevalence of exercise and non-exercise physical activity in Chinese adolescents. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2011) 0.81
International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2003) 47.83
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Branched equation modeling of simultaneous accelerometry and heart rate monitoring improves estimate of directly measured physical activity energy expenditure. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2003) 3.50
Features of the metabolic syndrome are associated with objectively measured physical activity and fitness in Danish children: the European Youth Heart Study (EYHS). Diabetes Care (2004) 3.15
Genetic variation in LIN28B is associated with the timing of puberty. Nat Genet (2009) 3.09
Physical activity and dietary behaviour in a population-based sample of British 10-year old children: the SPEEDY study (Sport, Physical activity and Eating behaviour: environmental Determinants in Young people). BMC Public Health (2008) 3.09
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Physical activity levels of children who walk, cycle, or are driven to school. Am J Prev Med (2005) 2.85
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Television viewing time independently predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: the EPIC Norfolk study. Int J Epidemiol (2010) 2.48
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Objectively measured time spent sedentary is associated with insulin resistance independent of overall and central body fat in 9- to 10-year-old Portuguese children. Diabetes Care (2007) 2.17
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Longitudinal associations of cycling to school with adolescent fitness. Prev Med (2008) 1.42
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Protocol for the modeling the epidemiologic transition study: a longitudinal observational study of energy balance and change in body weight, diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.39
Utilization and Harmonization of Adult Accelerometry Data: Review and Expert Consensus. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2015) 1.39
Physical activity and sedentary behaviors among Finnish youth. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2007) 1.38
The Nordic back pain subpopulation program: predicting outcome among chiropractic patients in Finland. Chiropr Osteopat (2008) 1.37
Association between birth weight and visceral fat in adults. Am J Clin Nutr (2010) 1.35
Independent mobility, perceptions of the built environment and children's participation in play, active travel and structured exercise and sport: the PEACH Project. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2010) 1.35
Television viewing and incident cardiovascular disease: prospective associations and mediation analysis in the EPIC Norfolk Study. PLoS One (2011) 1.35
Separating movement and gravity components in an acceleration signal and implications for the assessment of human daily physical activity. PLoS One (2013) 1.35
Accelerometer-measured physical activity in Chinese adults. Am J Prev Med (2010) 1.35
Physical activity intensity, sedentary time, and body composition in preschoolers. Am J Clin Nutr (2013) 1.34
What can global positioning systems tell us about the contribution of different types of urban greenspace to children's physical activity? Health Place (2012) 1.34
Relationship between subdomains of total physical activity and mortality. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2008) 1.34
Exercise motivation, eating, and body image variables as predictors of weight control. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2006) 1.32
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Prevalence and tracking of back pain from childhood to adolescence. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2011) 1.31
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