Background Childhood represents an important life stage for establishment of physical
activity (PA) habits. Parents are assumed to play an important role in influencing children's …

Background Consumer wearables and smartphone devices commonly offer an estimate of
energy expenditure (EE) to assist in the objective monitoring of physical activity to the …

Background Technological advances have recently made possible the estimation of
maximal oxygen consumption (V O2max) by consumer wearables. However, the validity of …

The aim of the study was to test the performance of a new definition of metabolic syndrome
(MetS), which better describes metabolic dysfunction in children. Methods. 15,794 youths …

The inter-relationship between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep (collectively
defined as physical behaviours) is of interest to researchers from different fields. Each of …

ActiGraph acceleration data are processed through several steps (including band-pass
filtering to attenuate unwanted signal frequencies) to generate the activity counts commonly …

Background More studies include multiple generations of the Actigraph activity monitor. So
far no studies have compared the output including the newest generation and investigated …

Background: It remains unclear if a low-carbohydrate, high-fat (LCHF) diet is a possible
treatment strategy for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and the effect on nonalcoholic fatty …

Purpose: This study aimed to implement an aggregation method in Matlab for generating
ActiGraph counts from raw acceleration recorded with an alternative accelerometer device …

Background Primarily, this study aims to examine whether children attending sports schools
are more active than their counterpart attending normal schools. Secondary, the study aims …