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APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY NUTRITION AND METABOLISM
Volume 38, Issue 1, Pages 81-84Publisher
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2012-0115
Keywords
body composition; obesity; exercise; physical activity; exercise intensity
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- Yorkhill Childrens' Foundation
- John Robertson Bequest fund
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There is limited evidence on objectively measured physical activity from Africa. This study quantified physical activity by accelerometry in rural South African children at ages 7, 11, and 15 years. Total physical activity was generally high (mean accelerometer counts per minute ranged 485-1017 across the 3 groups), but moderate-to vigorous-intensity physical activity was low: <1% of the sample met international recommendations. A low intensity, high volume of physical activity is present in rural South African children and adolescents.
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