Physical activity profiling of New Zealand adults: A study of adults with and without young children Research Completed
Title
Physical activity profiling of New Zealand adults: A study of adults with and without young children
Lead Author
Lisa Mackay
Organisation(s)
Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
Publication Year
2014
Publisher
Auckland University of Technology
Contacts
Lisa Mackay
Auckland University of Technology
Abstract
The author investigates physical activity in adults with and without young children. Topics include measuring physical activity in adults with young children, and the various dimensions of accelerometer-derived physical activity (in terms of overall amounts at various intensities, hour-by-hour patterns, and patterns of activity accumulation). Based on the results, the author notes that “a novel and important finding was that adults with and without young children showed distinct profiles of physical activity; those with young children showed patterns of movement throughout the whole day, whereas adults without children displayed distinct periods of high sedentary time offset by periods of [moderate-to-vigorous physical activity]”.
Keywords:
physical activity measurement, accelerometry
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2026
Added
August 29, 2014
Last Modified
September 3, 2014