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SUBMITTER: Tanaka C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5020446 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC public health 20160913
<h4>Background</h4>The recent prevalence of obesity in Japanese children is much higher compared to 1980. The present study compared daily sedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA) between the school year and summer vacation in Japanese primary school children.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants were 98 Japanese boys (8.9 ± 1.8 years at baseline) and 111 girls (9.1 ± 1.8 years). SB and PA were measured in May (school term) and July/August (summer vacation), 2011. SB and PA were assessed using ...[more]