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 |
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Journal | Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport |
Early online date | 30 Jul 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- calorimetry
- obesity
- children
- preschool
- sedentary behaviour
- measurement