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dc.contributor.authorTudor-Locke, Catrine
dc.contributor.authorPangrazi, Robert P.
dc.contributor.authorCorbin, Charles B.
dc.contributor.authorRutherford, William J.
dc.contributor.authorVincent, Susan D.
dc.contributor.authorRaustorp, Anders
dc.contributor.authorTomson, Mich
dc.contributor.authorCuddihy, Thomas F.
dc.contributor.editorDr D.W. Nixon
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:28:35Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:28:35Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.identifier.issn0091-7435
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ypmed.2003.12.018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/5091
dc.description.abstractBackground: Recommended levels of youth physical activity (PA) should emerge from data related to important health outcomes. The purpose of the present study was to establish criterion-referenced standards for PA (using pedometer-assessed steps/day) related to healthy body composition. Methods: This is a secondary analysis of an existing data set (including pedometer-assessed PA and objectively measured BMI) of 1,954 children (995 girls, 959 boys; ages 6-12 years) from the USA, Australia, and Sweden. The contrasting groups method [M.J. Sarif, Introduction to Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, St. Louis, MO: Mosby College Publishing; 1986] for establishing criterion-referenced cut points was used to identify optimal age- and sex-specific standards for steps/day related to international BMI cut points for normal weight and overweight/obesity. Results: The selected cut points for steps/day for 6-12 year olds were 12,000 steps/day for girls and 15,000 steps/day for boys. Conclusions: The analytical process undertaken in this study illuminated the difference in previously used norm-referenced standards vs. criterion-referenced standards based on BMI categories. The steps/day cut points established herein, using an international sample, are higher than previously suggested normative standards but are not inconsistent with recent advances in our understanding of PA needs in youth. This analysis provides the foundation for cross-validation and evaluation of these BMI-referenced steps/day cut points in independent samples and with longitudinal study designs.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAcademic Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom857
dc.relation.ispartofpageto864
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPreventive Medicine
dc.relation.ispartofvolume38
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman Movement and Sports Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1106
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.titleBMI-referenced standards for recommended pedometer-determined steps/day in children
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2015-05-06T21:36:42Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorTomson, Mich


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