The impact of school-day variation in weight and height on National Child Measurement Programme body mass index-determined weight category in Year 6 children

Routen, A.C.; Edwards, M.G.; Upton, D.; Peters, D.M.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01204.x

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Inter-Instrument Reliability of the Actigraph GT3X+ Ambulatory Activity Monitor During Free-Living Conditions in Adults (2015)
Journal Article
Jarrett, H., Fitzgerald, L., & Routen, A. (2015). Inter-Instrument Reliability of the Actigraph GT3X+ Ambulatory Activity Monitor During Free-Living Conditions in Adults. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 12(3), 382-387. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2013-0070

Background: Currently, no studies have investigated inter-instrument reliability of the ActiGraph (AG) GT3X+ in free-living conditions. Methods: Nineteen adults (11 males, 8 females; aged 36.8 ± 11.9 years) wore a pair of AG’s (one on each hip), duri... Read More about Inter-Instrument Reliability of the Actigraph GT3X+ Ambulatory Activity Monitor During Free-Living Conditions in Adults.

The environment can explain differences in adolescents’ daily physical activity levels living in a deprived urban area: Cross-sectional study using accelerometry, GPS and focus groups (2014)
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Moore, H., Nixon, C., Lake, A., Douthwaite, W., O'Malley, C., Pedley, C., …Routen, A. (2014). The environment can explain differences in adolescents’ daily physical activity levels living in a deprived urban area: Cross-sectional study using accelerometry, GPS and focus groups. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11(8), 1517-1524. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2012-0420

Background: Evidence suggests that many contemporary urban environments do not support healthy lifestyle choices and are implicated in the obesity pandemic. Middlesbrough, in the North East of England is one such environment and a prime target for in... Read More about The environment can explain differences in adolescents’ daily physical activity levels living in a deprived urban area: Cross-sectional study using accelerometry, GPS and focus groups.

The effect of pedometer step goal, feedback and self-monitoring interventions on accelerometer-measured physical activity in children (2014)
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Routen, A., Upton, D., Edwards, M., & Peters, D. (2014). The effect of pedometer step goal, feedback and self-monitoring interventions on accelerometer-measured physical activity in children. The graduate journal of sport, exercise & physical education research, 2, 37-53

This study assessed the utility of 3-week goal-setting, self-monitoring and step-feedback pedometer interventions for increasing physical activity (PA) in children, and the relative impact of individual and group-standardised goals. Three classes of... Read More about The effect of pedometer step goal, feedback and self-monitoring interventions on accelerometer-measured physical activity in children.

Pre-schoolers in the playground: an outdoor physical activity intervention for children aged 18 months to 4 years old: study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial (2013)
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Barber, S., Jackson, C., Akhtar, S., Bingham, D., Ainsworth, H., Hewitt, C., …Wright, J. (2013). Pre-schoolers in the playground: an outdoor physical activity intervention for children aged 18 months to 4 years old: study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 14(1), Article 326. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-326

Background: The pre-school years are considered critical for establishing healthy lifestyle behaviours such as physical activity. Levels of physical activity track through childhood into adulthood, thus establishing habitual physical activity early i... Read More about Pre-schoolers in the playground: an outdoor physical activity intervention for children aged 18 months to 4 years old: study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.

Muddying the waters: Moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity calculation in epidemiologic studies of youth (2013)
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Routen, A. (2013). Muddying the waters: Moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity calculation in epidemiologic studies of youth. Journal of Pediatrics, 162(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.01.017

Martikainen et al examined an interesting and under-researched issue—the association between physical activity and psychiatric difficulties in prepubertal children.1 The authors concluded that both higher daily activity volume and moderate-to-vigorou... Read More about Muddying the waters: Moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity calculation in epidemiologic studies of youth.

Discrepancies in accelerometer-measured physical activity in children due to cut-point non-equivalence and placement site (2012)
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Routen, A., Upton, D., Edwards, M., & Peters, D. (2012). Discrepancies in accelerometer-measured physical activity in children due to cut-point non-equivalence and placement site. Journal of Sports Sciences, 30(12), 1303-1310. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2012.709266

This study examined dissonance in physical activity (PA) between two youth-specific hip-derived intensity cut-points for the Actiwatch (AW), and compared PA between hip and wrist placements using site-specific cut-points. Twenty-four children aged 11... Read More about Discrepancies in accelerometer-measured physical activity in children due to cut-point non-equivalence and placement site.

Intra‐ and Inter‐Instrument Reliability of the Actiwatch 4 Accelerometer in a Mechanical Laboratory Setting (2012)
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Routen, A., Upton, D., Edwards, M., & Peters, D. (2012). Intra‐ and Inter‐Instrument Reliability of the Actiwatch 4 Accelerometer in a Mechanical Laboratory Setting. Journal of Human Kinetics, 31(1), 17-24. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10078-012-0002-z

This study aimed to quantify the intra-and inter-instrument reliability of the Actiwatch 4 accelerometer (AW4) in a mechanical setting. Twenty seven AW4 were attached to an isokinetic dynamometer and subjected to angular acceleration for 30 min at 50... Read More about Intra‐ and Inter‐Instrument Reliability of the Actiwatch 4 Accelerometer in a Mechanical Laboratory Setting.

Should our children be sitting comfortably in school? (2011)
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Routen, A. (2011). Should our children be sitting comfortably in school?. eBMJ (London), 2011(343), Article d4273. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d4273

The impact of school-day variation in weight and height on National Child Measurement Programme body mass index-determined weight category in Year 6 children (2011)
Journal Article
Routen, A., Edwards, M., Upton, D., & Peters, D. (2011). The impact of school-day variation in weight and height on National Child Measurement Programme body mass index-determined weight category in Year 6 children. Child: Care, Health and Development, 37(3), 360-367. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01204.x

Background In England, the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) annually measures the weight and height of Year 6 schoolchildren (age 10–11 years). While measurement protocols are defined, the time of measurement within the school day is not.... Read More about The impact of school-day variation in weight and height on National Child Measurement Programme body mass index-determined weight category in Year 6 children.