• Children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on weekdays versus weekend days: A multi-country analysis 

      Brazendale, Keith; Beets, Michael W.; Armstrong, Bridget; Weaver, R. Glenn; Hunt, Ethan T.; Pate, Russell R.; Brusseau, Timothy A.; Bohnert, Amy M.; Olds, Timothy; Tassitano, Rafael M.; Tenorio, Maria Cecilia M.; Garcia, Jeanette; Andersen, Lars Bo; Davey, Rachel; Hallal, Pedro C.; Jago, Russell; Kolle, Elin; Kriemler, Susi; Kristensen, Peter L.; Kwon, Soyang; Puder, Jardena J.; Salmon, Jo; Sardinha, Luís B.; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Purpose: The Structured Days Hypothesis (SDH) posits that children’s behaviors associated with obesity – such as physical activity – are more favorable on days that contain more ‘structure’ (i.e., a pre-planned, segmented, ...
    • Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in youth: the International children’s accelerometry database (ICAD). 

      Cooper, Ashley R.; Goodman, Anna; Page, Angie S.; Sherar, Lauren B.; Esliger, Dale W.; van Sluijs, Esther M.F; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund A.; Cardon, Greet; Davey, Rachel; Froberg, Karsten; Hallal, Pedro; Janz, Kathleen F.; Kordas, Katarzyna; Kreimler, Susi; Pate, Russell; Puder, Jardena; Reilly, John J.; Salmon, Jo; Sardinha, Luis B.; Timperio, Anna M.; Ekelund, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-17)
      Background: Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in youth have been reported to vary by sex, age, weight status and country. However, supporting data are often self-reported and/or do not encompass a wide range ...
    • Tracking of accelerometry-measured physical activity during childhood: ICAD pooled analysis 

      Kwon, Soyang; Janz, Kathleen F.; Cooper, Ashley R.; Ekelund, Ulf; Esliger, Dale W.; Griew, Pippa; Judge, Ken; Ness, Andy; Riddoch, Chris J.; Salmon, Jo; Sherar, Lauren (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-06-07)
      Background Understanding of physical activity (PA) tracking during childhood is important to predict PA behaviors and design appropriate interventions. We compared tracking of PA according to PA level and type of day ...