Childhood Obesity: Trends and Potential Causes

By Patricia Anderson, Kristin F. Butcher. The Future of children, 2006

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Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from ages 9 to 15 years. (2008, methodology): “A complete day of activity data was defined as extending from the first nonzero accelerometer count after 5 AM until one of the following criteria was met: (1) 60 consecutive minutes of zero counts after 9 PM; (2) 30 consecutive minutes of zero counts after 10 PM; or (3) the last nonzero count befor”
A Developmental Perspective on the Role of Motor Skill Competence in Physical Activity: An Emergent Relationship (2008, background): “The relationship between physical inactivity and obesity is well established in the literature (Anderson & Butcher, 2006; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2000; Freedman, Khan, Serdula, Galuska, & Dietz, 2002).”
THE ECONOMIC CAUSES OF OBESITY: A SURVEY (2008, neutral): “Journal compilation C© 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Source: Komlos et al. (2004), based on NHANES data. debt as indicators of the rate of time preference, evidence from the USA as well as international evidence suggests that the link between obesity and the marginal rate of time preference is plaus”
Factors influencing travel mode choice among families with young children (aged 0–4): a review of the literature (2017, background): “Car-dependent parents and children lose opportunities to gain incidental physical activity, otherwise gained through active travel contributing, to worsening health outcomes (Anderson & Butcher, 2006; Frank et al., 2004).”