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Active play and screen time in US children aged 4 to 11 years in relation to sociodemographic and weight status characteristics: a nationally representative cross-sectional analysis. BMC Public Health (2008) 1.76
Patterns of GPS measured time outdoors after school and objective physical activity in English children: the PEACH project. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2010) 1.76
Levels of physical activity and sedentary time among 10- to 12-year-old boys and girls across 5 European countries using accelerometers: an observational study within the ENERGY-project. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2012) 1.75
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On the use of a continuous metabolic syndrome score in pediatric research. Cardiovasc Diabetol (2008) 1.68
International children's accelerometry database (ICAD): design and methods. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.49
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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
Physical activity intensity, sedentary time, and body composition in preschoolers. Am J Clin Nutr (2013) 1.34
An examination of sex and racial/ethnic differences in the metabolic syndrome among adults: a confirmatory factor analysis and a resulting continuous severity score. Metabolism (2013) 1.34
Physical activity opportunities associated with fitness and weight status among adolescents in low-income communities. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2009) 1.27
Change in objectively measured physical activity during the transition to adolescence. Br J Sports Med (2013) 1.26
Influence of a lifestyle intervention in preschool children on physiological and psychological parameters (Ballabeina): study design of a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health (2009) 1.26
Objectively measured sedentary time and physical activity time across the lifespan: a cross-sectional study in four age groups. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2012) 1.25
Does the fractionalization of daily physical activity (sporadic vs. bouts) impact cardiometabolic risk factors in children and youth? PLoS One (2011) 1.22
Physical activity, obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors in 9- to 10-year-old UK children of white European, South Asian and black African-Caribbean origin: the Child Heart And health Study in England (CHASE). Diabetologia (2010) 1.21
Mechanical and free living comparisons of four generations of the Actigraph activity monitor. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2012) 1.21
The effect of community and family interventions on young people's physical activity levels: a review of reviews and updated systematic review. Br J Sports Med (2011) 1.21
Children's physical activity levels during school recess: a quasi-experimental intervention study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2007) 1.21
Inflammation markers are associated with cardiovascular diseases risk in adolescents: the Young Hearts project 2000. J Adolesc Health (2010) 1.20
Physical activity, overweight and central adiposity in Swedish children and adolescents: the European Youth Heart Study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2007) 1.18
Does birth weight influence physical activity in youth? A combined analysis of four studies using objectively measured physical activity. PLoS One (2011) 1.18
Strong inverse association between physical fitness and overweight in adolescents: a large school-based survey. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2007) 1.17
Active commuting to school: how far is too far? Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2008) 1.17
Correlates of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time in children: a cross-sectional study (The European Youth Heart Study). BMC Public Health (2009) 1.17
A place for play? The influence of the home physical environment on children's physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2013) 1.16
Parenting and the decline of physical activity from age 9 to 15. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2011) 1.14
Seasonal variation in objectively assessed physical activity among children and adolescents in Norway: a cross-sectional study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2009) 1.13
Validation of a maternal questionnaire on correlates of physical activity in preschool children. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2009) 1.09
A review of family and environmental correlates of health behaviors in high-risk youth. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2012) 1.09
School day segmented physical activity patterns of high and low active children. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.07
Cross-cultural, age and gender validation of a computerised questionnaire measuring personal, social and environmental associations with children's physical activity: the European Youth Heart Study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2008) 1.07
Exploring and explaining low participation in physical activity among children and young people with asthma: a review. BMC Fam Pract (2008) 1.07
Construct validity of a continuous metabolic syndrome score in children. Diabetol Metab Syndr (2010) 1.04
Association between physical activity and metabolic syndrome: a cross sectional survey in adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. BMC Public Health (2010) 1.02
Vigorous physical activity and longitudinal associations with cardiometabolic risk factors in youth. Int J Obes (Lond) (2013) 1.02
Effect of physical activity intervention on body composition in young children: influence of body mass index status and gender. Acta Paediatr (2007) 1.01
Association of physical activity with muscular strength and fat-free mass in adolescents: the HELENA study. Eur J Appl Physiol (2010) 1.01
Aerobic fitness testing in 6- to 9-year-old children: reliability and validity of a modified Yo-Yo IR1 test and the Andersen test. Eur J Appl Physiol (2011) 1.01
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
Individual, socio-cultural and environmental predictors of uptake and maintenance of active commuting in children: longitudinal results from the SPEEDY study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2013) 0.98
Relationship between the intensity of physical activity, inactivity, cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition in 7-10-year-old Dublin children. Br J Sports Med (2007) 0.98
Recognition of activities in children by two uniaxial accelerometers in free-living conditions. Eur J Appl Physiol (2011) 0.98
Ethnic differences in subcutaneous adiposity and waist girth in children and adolescents. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2009) 0.98
The role of lean body mass and physical activity in bone health in children. J Bone Miner Metab (2011) 0.98
Aerobic fitness and response variability in preadolescent children performing a cognitive control task. Neuropsychology (2011) 0.97
Metabolic syndrome in young children: definitions and results of the IDEFICS study. Int J Obes (Lond) (2014) 0.97
Life style related to blood pressure and body weight in adolescence: cross sectional data from the Young-HUNT study, Norway. BMC Public Health (2008) 0.97
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in relation to cardiometabolic risk in children: cross-sectional findings from the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) Study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2014) 0.97
Environmental influences on children's physical activity: quantitative estimates using a twin design. PLoS One (2010) 0.96
A systematic literature review with meta-analyses of within- and between-day differences in objectively measured physical activity in school-aged children. Sports Med (2014) 0.96
Invited commentary: Physical activity over the life course--whose behavior changes, when, and why? Am J Epidemiol (2009) 0.96
Blood pressure and associated factors in a North African adolescent population. a national cross-sectional study in Tunisia. BMC Public Health (2012) 0.96
Sedentary behaviours and its association with bone mass in adolescents: the HELENA Cross-Sectional Study. BMC Public Health (2012) 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
The impact of rainfall and school break time policies on physical activity in 9-10 year old British children: a repeated measures study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2011) 0.96
The 'Motorik-Modul' (MoMo): physical fitness and physical activity in German children and adolescents. Eur J Pediatr (2011) 0.95
Physical activity and nutrition among immigrant and refugee women: a community-based participatory research approach. Womens Health Issues (2011) 0.94
Metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, hypertension and type 2 diabetes in youth: from diagnosis to treatment. Diabetol Metab Syndr (2010) 0.94
Parental Activity as Influence on Children`s BMI Percentiles and Physical Activity. J Sports Sci Med (2014) 0.93
Is physical activity maintenance from adolescence to young adulthood associated with reduced CVD risk factors, improved mental health and satisfaction with life: the HUNT Study, Norway. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2012) 0.93
School-level correlates of physical activity intensity in 10-year-old children. Int J Pediatr Obes (2010) 0.93
Objectively measured physical activity and its association with adiponectin and other novel metabolic markers: a longitudinal study in children (EarlyBird 38). Diabetes Care (2008) 0.93
Bicycling to school improves the cardiometabolic risk factor profile: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open (2012) 0.93
Preventing and treating obesity in pediatrics through physical activity. EPMA J (2011) 0.93
The Sydney playground project: popping the bubblewrap--unleashing the power of play: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a primary school playground-based intervention aiming to increase children's physical activity and social skills. BMC Public Health (2011) 0.92
Association between physical activity and cardiovascular risk in Chinese youth independent of age and pubertal stage. BMC Public Health (2010) 0.92
Predicting cardiovascular risk in young adulthood from the metabolic syndrome, its component risk factors, and a cluster score in childhood. Int J Pediatr Obes (2010) 0.92
Barriers for recess physical activity: a gender specific qualitative focus group exploration. BMC Public Health (2014) 0.92
Low physical activity level and short sleep duration are associated with an increased cardio-metabolic risk profile: a longitudinal study in 8-11 year old Danish children. PLoS One (2014) 0.92
Assessment of physical activity and energy expenditure: an overview of objective measures. Front Nutr (2014) 0.92
Predicting active school travel: the role of planned behavior and habit strength. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2012) 0.91
After-school program to reduce obesity in minority children: a pilot study. J Child Health Care (2009) 0.91
Use of SPARK to promote after-school physical activity. J Sch Health (2012) 0.91
Early onset type 2 diabetes: risk factors, clinical impact and management. Ther Adv Chronic Dis (2014) 0.91
Physical activity and clustered cardiovascular disease risk factors in young children: a cross-sectional study (the IDEFICS study). BMC Med (2013) 0.90
International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2003) 47.83
Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects. Lancet (2012) 12.05
Physical activity levels and patterns of 9- and 15-yr-old European children. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2004) 4.67
Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: a meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children. PLoS Med (2011) 3.94
TV viewing and physical activity are independently associated with metabolic risk in children: the European Youth Heart Study. PLoS Med (2006) 3.87
Associations between objectively assessed physical activity and indicators of body fatness in 9- to 10-y-old European children: a population-based study from 4 distinct regions in Europe (the European Youth Heart Study). Am J Clin Nutr (2004) 3.66
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
Hierarchy of individual calibration levels for heart rate and accelerometry to measure physical activity. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2007) 2.99
Physical activity and obesity prevention: a review of the current evidence. Proc Nutr Soc (2005) 2.99
Efficacy of a theory-based behavioural intervention to increase physical activity in an at-risk group in primary care (ProActive UK): a randomised trial. Lancet (2008) 2.98
Reexamination of validity and reliability of the CSA monitor in walking and running. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2003) 2.88
Physical activity levels of children who walk, cycle, or are driven to school. Am J Prev Med (2005) 2.85
Cohort profile: updating the cohort profile for the MRC National Survey of Health and Development: a new clinic-based data collection for ageing research. Int J Epidemiol (2011) 2.75
Temporal trends in physical activity in England: the Health Survey for England 1991 to 2004. Prev Med (2007) 2.73
Assessment of physical activity in youth. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2008) 2.71
The ABC of Physical Activity for Health: a consensus statement from the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences. J Sports Sci (2010) 2.70
Accelerometers and pedometers: methodology and clinical application. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care (2007) 2.68
Estimating physical activity energy expenditure, sedentary time, and physical activity intensity by self-report in adults. Am J Clin Nutr (2009) 2.68
A systematic review of reliability and objective criterion-related validity of physical activity questionnaires. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2012) 2.66
Time spent being sedentary and weight gain in healthy adults: reverse or bidirectional causality? Am J Clin Nutr (2008) 2.49
Targeting sedentary time or moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity: independent relations with adiposity in a population-based sample of 10-y-old British children. Am J Clin Nutr (2009) 2.49
Television viewing time independently predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: the EPIC Norfolk study. Int J Epidemiol (2010) 2.48
Objectively measured sedentary time may predict insulin resistance independent of moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity. Diabetes (2009) 2.45
Reference values for cardiorespiratory response and fitness on the treadmill in a 20- to 85-year-old population. Chest (2013) 2.39
Guide to the assessment of physical activity: Clinical and research applications: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation (2013) 2.37
Assessment of physical activity - a review of methodologies with reference to epidemiological research: a report of the exercise physiology section of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil (2010) 2.33
Physical activity attenuates the genetic predisposition to obesity in 20,000 men and women from EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study. PLoS Med (2010) 2.25
Physical activity energy expenditure predicts progression toward the metabolic syndrome independently of aerobic fitness in middle-aged healthy Caucasians: the Medical Research Council Ely Study. Diabetes Care (2005) 2.23
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
Association of weight gain in infancy and early childhood with metabolic risk in young adults. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2006) 2.15
Physical activity attenuates the body mass index-increasing influence of genetic variation in the FTO gene. Am J Clin Nutr (2009) 2.14
Accelerometer-determined physical activity in adults and older people. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2012) 2.06
Effect of monitor placement and of activity setting on the MTI accelerometer output. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2003) 2.00
Upward weight percentile crossing in infancy and early childhood independently predicts fat mass in young adults: the Stockholm Weight Development Study (SWEDES). Am J Clin Nutr (2006) 1.99
Does the association of habitual physical activity with the metabolic syndrome differ by level of cardiorespiratory fitness? Diabetes Care (2004) 1.96
Validity of a short questionnaire to assess physical activity in 10 European countries. Eur J Epidemiol (2011) 1.95
Gaussian process robust regression for noisy heart rate data. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng (2008) 1.94
Prediction of childhood obesity by infancy weight gain: an individual-level meta-analysis. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (2011) 1.93
Age group comparability of raw accelerometer output from wrist- and hip-worn monitors. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2014) 1.92
Active travel to school and cardiovascular fitness in Danish children and adolescents. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2006) 1.90
Assessing physical activity using wearable monitors: measures of physical activity. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2012) 1.90
Is it possible to assess free-living physical activity and energy expenditure in young people by self-report? Am J Clin Nutr (2009) 1.90
Comparison of two Actigraph models for assessing free-living physical activity in Indian adolescents. J Sports Sci (2007) 1.88
A proposed method of bias adjustment for meta-analyses of published observational studies. Int J Epidemiol (2010) 1.85
Increase in physical activity energy expenditure is associated with reduced metabolic risk independent of change in fatness and fitness. Diabetes Care (2007) 1.78
Physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and the metabolic syndrome in youth. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2008) 1.78
Ethnic and gender differences in physical activity levels among 9-10-year-old children of white European, South Asian and African-Caribbean origin: the Child Heart Health Study in England (CHASE Study). Int J Epidemiol (2009) 1.78
Six-year change in youth physical activity and effect on fasting insulin and HOMA-IR. Am J Prev Med (2008) 1.74
Low cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong predictor for clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in children independent of country, age and sex. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil (2007) 1.73
Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders. Nat Genet (2013) 1.72
Associations between physical activity and fat mass in adolescents: the Stockholm Weight Development Study. Am J Clin Nutr (2005) 1.70
Genetic susceptibility to obesity and related traits in childhood and adolescence: influence of loci identified by genome-wide association studies. Diabetes (2010) 1.70
A comparison of questionnaire, accelerometer, and pedometer: measures in older people. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2009) 1.69
Estimation of daily energy expenditure in pregnant and non-pregnant women using a wrist-worn tri-axial accelerometer. PLoS One (2011) 1.63
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Association of socioeconomic position with insulin resistance among children from Denmark, Estonia, and Portugal: cross sectional study. BMJ (2005) 1.54
The ProActive trial protocol - a randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of a family-based, domiciliary intervention programme to increase physical activity among individuals at high risk of diabetes [ISRCTN61323766]. BMC Public Health (2004) 1.51
Prevalence and correlates of the metabolic syndrome in a population-based sample of European youth. Am J Clin Nutr (2008) 1.49
International children's accelerometry database (ICAD): design and methods. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.49
Urbanization, physical activity, and metabolic health in sub-Saharan Africa. Diabetes Care (2011) 1.46
Changes in children's physical activity over 12 months: longitudinal results from the SPEEDY study. Pediatrics (2010) 1.44
Comparison of PAEE from combined and separate heart rate and movement models in children. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2005) 1.44
Assessing the validity of body mass index standards in early postmenopausal women. Obes Res (2002) 1.44
Longitudinal associations of cycling to school with adolescent fitness. Prev Med (2008) 1.42
Ethnicity-related skeletal muscle differences across the lifespan. Am J Hum Biol (2009) 1.42
Accuracy and validity of a combined heart rate and motion sensor for the measurement of free-living physical activity energy expenditure in adults in Cameroon. Int J Epidemiol (2010) 1.40
Comparison of two methods of measuring physical activity in South African older adults. J Aging Phys Act (2006) 1.39
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