Probably the most active population in the world: accelerometer measurements of 72 school-children in Greenland
Christina Schnohr, Trine Fuhr-Nielsen, Sarah O Sørensen, Birgit Niclasen, Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen · 2023
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Five researchers measure how active school children in Greenland are in a 2023 paper. Movement is the top lifestyle factor for a healthy start in life, and world guidance asks for an hour of strong activity a day. Greenland has set a goal to be the most active land in the world.
Seventy-two children with a mean age of twelve wore motion sensors for seven days. Just over half met the daily hour goal by sensor count. Survey answers from the same children put the share at only one in ten. The gap shows self reports understate true activity here, and the authors say the national goal looks within reach.
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| CREATOR | Christina Schnohr, Trine Fuhr-Nielsen, Sarah O Sørensen, Birgit Niclasen, Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |