Understanding and Interpreting Error in Physical Activity Data: Insights from the FLASHE Study

Affiliations

¹ Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Electronic address: gwelk@iastate.edu.
² Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland.
³ MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
⁵ Department of Kinesiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
⁶ Health Behaviors Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.

Editorial

Gregory J Welk et al. Am J Prev Med. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;52(6):836-838.

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.03.001.

¹ Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Electronic address: gwelk@iastate.edu.
² Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland.
³ MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
⁵ Department of Kinesiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
⁶ Health Behaviors Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.

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Surveillance of Youth Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior With Wrist Accelerometry.
Kim Y, Hibbing P, Saint-Maurice PF, Ellingson LD, Hennessy E, Wolff-Hughes DL, Perna FM, Welk GJ. Kim Y, et al. Am J Prev Med. 2017 Jun;52(6):872-879. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.01.012. Am J Prev Med. 2017. PMID: 28526364 Free PMC article.

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