Relationships between sleep duration, physical activity and body mass index in young New Zealanders: An isotemporal substitution analysis.

The evidence regarding the unique effect of sedentary behaviour on obesity among children is unclear. Moreover, the effect of substituting sedentary behaviour with physical activity of different intensities on the body composition of children has received limited empirical study.To examine the mathe...

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Main Authors: Borja Del Pozo-Cruz, Nicholas Gant, Jesús Del Pozo-Cruz, Ralph Maddison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5595318?pdf=render