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Background
Evidence shows children gain more weight during the summer holidays versus the school year.
Objectives
To examine within‐child differences in activity and diet behaviours during the summer holidays versus the school year.
Methods
Children (mean age 9.4 years; 37% male) wore accelerometers (GENEActiv; n = 133), reported activities (Multimedia Activity Recall for Children and Adolescents;...
BACKGROUND
Evidence consistently shows children in the United States gain 3 to 5 times more weight during summer vacation (∼2.5 months) compared to the 9‐month school year. The purpose of this study is to examine within‐child differences in 4 obesogenic behaviors (physical activity [PA], sedentary/screen‐time, diet, and sleep) during school versus summer.
METHODS
We used a repeated‐measures within‐subjects...
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