High-intensity activity is more strongly associated with metabolic health in children compared to sedentary time: a cross-sectional study of the I.Family cohort

• Main Authors: Jonatan Fridolfsson (Author), Christoph Buck (Author), Monica Hunsberger (Author), Joanna Baran (Author), Fabio Lauria (Author), Denes Molnar (Author), Luis A. Moreno (Author), Mats Börjesson (Author), Lauren Lissner (Author), Daniel Arvidsson (Author), on behalf of the I.Family consortium (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Physical activity (PA) during childhood is important for preventing future metabolic syndrome (MetS). To examine the relationship between PA and MetS in more detail, accurate measures of PA are needed. Previous studies have only utilized a small part of the information available...