Accurate assessment of physical activity (PA) is important to study the associations between PA and health outcomes, to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and to derive public health recommendations. Despite ...

Background: In developing countries where access to water and food is not guaranteed, women may have to travel long distances or engage in intense physical activities to gather food. This may compromise their water requirements ...

Background: Urbanization affects lifestyles in the developing world but no studies have assessed the impact on objectively measured physical activity in children and adolescents from sub-Saharan Africa. Purpose: To compare ...

Background: The impact of accelerometer-related methodological decisions relating to the assessment of physical activity and sedentary time has not been conclusively determined in young children.Objectives: To determine ...

Validity of hip-mounted uniaxial accelerometrywith heart-rate monitoring vs. triaxial accelerometry in the assessment offree-living energy expenditure in young children: the IDEFICS Valida-tion Study.J Appl Physiol113: ...