Are context-specific measures of parental-reported physical activity and sedentary behaviour associated with accelerometer data in 2–9-year-old European children?

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 860 - 868
• Main Authors: Verbestel, Vera, De Henauw, Stefaan, Bammann, Karin, Barba, Gianvincenzo, Hadjigeorgiou, Charalambos, Eiben, Gabriele, Konstabel, Kenn, Kovács, Eva, Pitsiladis, Yannis, Reisch, Lucia, Santaliestra-Pasías, Alba M, Maes, Lea, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.04.2015
• Subjects: Accelerometer; Accelerometers; Accelerometry; Assessment and methodology; Checklist; Child; Child Behavior; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Cohort Studies; Computer use; computers; Cross-Sectional Studies; Europe; Exercise; Female; Guardians; Health Sciences; Humans; Hälsovetenskap; infants; Lifestyles; Male; Motor Activity; Obesity; Outdoors; Parents; Parents & parenting; Participation; Physical activity; Pilot Projects; Play and Playthings; Proxy report; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of Results; Research Papers; Sedentary Behavior; Sedentary behaviour; Self Report; Sociodemographics; Sports; television; variance; Europe; Accelerometer; Children; Physical activity; Sedentary behaviour; Proxy report

The aim of the present study was to investigate if context-specific measures of parental-reported physical activity and sedentary behaviour are associated with objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in children. Cross-sectional study. Seven European countries taking part in the ID...