Patterns of sedentary behavior and compliance with public health recommendations in Spanish adolescents: the AFINOS study Patrones de sedentarismo y cumplimiento de las recomendaciones de salud pública en adolescentes españoles: estudio AFINOS

• Main Authors: David Martínez Gómez (Author), Oscar L. Veiga (Author), Belén Zapatera (Author), Verónica Cabanas-Sánchez (Author), Sonia Gomez-Martinez (Author), David Martinez-Hernández (Author), Ascensión Marcos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aims of the present study were: (i) describe patterns of sedentary behavior in Spanish adolescents; and (ii) determine the proportion of adolescents that do not meet the public health recommendations for sedentary behavior. This study comprised 1,724 Spanish adolescents (882 girls), aged 13 to 1...