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Objectively Measured Habitual Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in Obese and Non-Obese Malaysian children
- Source :
- Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 60:161-163
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2013.
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Abstract
- The present study examined objectively measured physical activity in Malaysian children and compared the differences in physical levels between obese and healthy weight children. Eighty-six obese children were matched for age and sex with 86 healthy weight children with median age 9.5 years. Habitual physical activity and sedentary behaviour were measured over 5 days using Actigraph accelerometers. Time spent sedentary was significantly higher in the obese group (90% vs. 86% of daytime; p = 0.001). Moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity was significantly higher in the healthy weight group (1.2 vs. 0.7% of daytime, p < 0.001). In both healthy weight and obese children, physical activity levels were exceptionally low, although moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity was significantly lower in the obese group than the healthy weight group. Efforts to prevent and treat obesity in Malaysian children will need a substantial focus on the promotion of reductions in sedentary behaviour and increases in physical activity.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Physical activity
Child Behavior
Motor Activity
Age and sex
Childhood obesity
Body Mass Index
Habits
Non obese
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Accelerometry
Obese group
medicine
Humans
Obesity
Healthy weight
Child
Exercise
business.industry
Malaysia
Objective measurement
medicine.disease
Infectious Diseases
Social Class
Socioeconomic Factors
Case-Control Studies
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Physical therapy
Female
Sedentary Behavior
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14653664 and 01426338
- Volume :
- 60
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5709f87509a9f3331d2efc9341e0d6da