Life on holidays: study protocol for a 3-year longitudinal study tracking changes in children's fitness and fatness during the in-school versus summer holiday period

• Main Authors: Amanda Watson (Author), Carol Maher (Author), Grant R. Tomkinson (Author), Rebecca Golley (Author), François Fraysse (Author), Dorothea Dumuid (Author), Hayley Lewthwaite (Author), Tim Olds (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Emerging evidence suggests that children become fatter and less fit over the summer holidays but get leaner and fitter during the in-school period. This could be due to differences in diet and time use between these distinct periods. Few studies have tracked diet and time use acr...