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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Physical activity assessed by accelerometry in rural african school-age children and adolescents
Pediatric Exercise Science, Volume 21, No. 4, Year 2009
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Physical activity (PA) in children/adolescents of both genders from a rural community in Mozambique was estimated by accelerometry and by questionnaire and was compared with PA of Portuguese youth. Total PA, moderate (MPA), vigorous (VPA) and very vigorous (VVPA) were evaluated. Mozambican boys were more active than girls. Intensity of PA declined significantly with age. Survival activities, such as household tasks, were the predominant mode of PA. Compared with Portuguese children/ adolescents, Mozambicans had significantly higher total PA; showed less decline of PA with age and engaged in fewer minutes at higher intensity PA. Environmental factors likely explain documented differences. © 2009 Human Kinetics, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Prista, António
Mozambique, Maputo
Pedagogical University
Nhantumbo, Leonardo
Mozambique, Maputo
Pedagogical University
Saranga, Sílvio Pedro José
Mozambique, Maputo
Pedagogical University
Lopes, Vítor P.
Portugal, Braganca
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Portugal, Vila Real
Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano
Maia, José António Ribeiro R.
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Seabra, Andre F.
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Vinagre, João
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Conn, Carole A.
United States, Albuquerque
The University of new Mexico
Beunen, Gastón Prudence
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Statistics
Citations: 46
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1123/pes.21.4.384
ISSN:
08998493
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Mozambique
Participants Gender
Male
Female