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Parental Report of Outdoor Playtime as a Measure of Physical Activity in Preschool-aged Children

Author(s) -

Hillary L. Burdette,

Robert C. Whitaker,

Stephen R. Daniels

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3628

pISSN - 1072-4710

DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.158.4.353

Subject(s) - physical activity , checklist , recall , psychology , actigraphy , developmental psychology , medicine , physical therapy , neuroscience , circadian rhythm , cognitive psychology

Keeping young children physically active is an important strategy to promote their health and well-being. To our knowledge, survey measures of physical activity in preschool-aged children are unavailable. Time spent playing outdoors is a potential surrogate measure of physical activity in preschoolers, but parental-report measures of outdoor playtime have not been evaluated.

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