The contribution of school breaks to the all-day physical activity of 9- and 10-year-old overweight and non-overweight children

Dorota Groffik, Erik Sigmund (), Karel Frömel, František Chmelík and Petra Nováková Lokvencová

International Journal of Public Health, 2012, vol. 57, issue 4, 718 pages

Abstract: The daily 30 min of MVPA during SB amounts to 12.5% of the overall number of steps for girls and 16.3% for boys, thus contributing to higher school PA and overall PA and leading to the achievement of the health-related minimum of PA. Copyright The Author(s) 2012

Keywords: Obesity; School regime; Break; Steps; ActiTrainer; Heart rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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