The influence of minimum sitting period of the ActivPAL™ on the measurement of breaks in sitting in young children.

BACKGROUND: Sitting time and breaks in sitting influence cardio-metabolic health. New monitors (e.g. activPAL™) may be more accurate for measurement of sitting time and breaks in sitting although how to optimize measurement accuracy is not yet clear. One important issue is the minimum sitting/uprigh...

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Main Authors: Zubaida Alghaeed, John J Reilly, Sebastien F M Chastin, Anne Martin, Gwyneth Davies, James Y Paton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3743753?pdf=render