Children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on weekdays versus weekend days: a multi-country analysis

• Main Authors: Keith Brazendale (Author), Michael W. Beets (Author), Bridget Armstrong (Author), R. Glenn Weaver (Author), Ethan T. Hunt (Author), Russell R. Pate (Author), Timothy A. Brusseau (Author), Amy M. Bohnert (Author), Timothy Olds (Author), Rafael M. Tassitano (Author), Maria Cecilia M. Tenorio (Author), Jeanette Garcia (Author), Lars B. Andersen (Author), Rachel Davey (Author), Pedro C. Hallal (Author), Russell Jago (Author), Elin Kolle (Author), Susi Kriemler (Author), Peter L. Kristensen (Author), Soyang Kwon (Author), Jardena J. Puder (Author), Jo Salmon (Author), Luis B. Sardinha (Author), Esther M. F. van Sluijs (Author), on behalf of the International Children's Accelerometry Database (ICAD) (Author)
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• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Purpose The Structured Days Hypothesis (SDH) posits that children's behaviors associated with obesity - such as physical activity - are more favorable on days that contain more 'structure' (i.e., a pre-planned, segmented, and adult-supervised environment) such as school weekd...