Appropriateness of the definition of 'sedentary' in young children: whole-room calorimetry study

John J. Reilly; Xanne Janssen; Dylan P. Cliff; Anthony D. Okely

doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2014.07.013

Appropriateness of the definition of 'sedentary' in young children: whole-room calorimetry study

John J. Reilly, Xanne Janssen, Dylan P. Cliff, Anthony D. Okely

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Abstract

The present study aimed to measure the energy cost of three common sedentary activities in young children to test whether energy expended was consistent with the recent consensus definition of 'sedentary' as 'any behaviour conducted in a sitting or reclining posture and with an energy cost ≤1.5 metabolic equivalents (METs)' (Sedentary Behaviour Research Network, 2012). This was an observational study.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Early online date	30 Jul 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2014.07.013
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

calorimetry
obesity
children
preschool
sedentary behaviour
measurement

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