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SUBMITTER: Dunton GF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3562385 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dunton Genevieve Fridlund GF Liao Yue Y Almanza Estela E Jerrett Micheal M Spruijt-Metz Donna D Pentz Mary Ann MA
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 20130201
<h4>Background</h4>Parental factors may play an important role in influencing children's physical activity levels.<h4>Purpose</h4>This cross-sectional study sought to describe the locations of joint physical activity among parents and children.<h4>Methods</h4>Parent-child pairs (N = 291) wore an Actigraph GT2M accelerometer and GlobalSat BT-335 global positioning systems (GPS) device over the same 7-day period. Children were ages 8-14 years. Joint behavior was defined by a linear separation dist ...[more]