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. 2002 Aug;87(2):166-7.
doi: 10.1136/adc.87.2.166.

Accelerometers identify inactive and potentially obese children (EarlyBird 3)

B S Metcalf  1 , L D Voss, T J Wilkin
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Accelerometers identify inactive and potentially obese children (EarlyBird 3)

B S Metcalf et al. Arch Dis Child. 2002 Aug.

Abstract

Accelerometers revealed a fivefold variation in physical activity among healthy 5 year old children. They singled out habitually inactive children, most of them girls, who did little, whether at school or over the weekend. Accelerometers are of potential value in identifying, from an early age, children at risk of becoming obese.

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Figure 1
One day's physical activity recorded by a 5 year old child on a school day. *Arbitrary units (x1000) based on changes in acceleration in the vertical plane.
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Figure 2
Comparison of mean daily physical activity on school days and weekend days. *Arbitrary units (x100 000) based on changes in acceleration in the vertical plane.
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