How many steps/day are enough? for children and adolescents

C Tudor-Locke, CL Craig, MW Beets, S Belton… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Worldwide, public health physical activity guidelines include special emphasis on
populations of children (typically 6-11 years) and adolescents (typically 12-19 years) …

Sleep duration or bedtime? Exploring the association between sleep timing behaviour, diet and BMI in children and adolescents

RK Golley, CA Maher, L Matricciani… - International journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Objective: To determine whether sleep timing behaviour is associated with energy intake
and diet quality in children and adolescents. Design: Cross-sectional analysis of nationally …

Sleep duration or bedtime? Exploring the relationship between sleep habits and weight status and activity patterns

TS Olds, CA Maher, L Matricciani - Sleep, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: To assess the effects of early and late bedtimes and wake up
times on use of time and weight status in Australian school-aged children. Design …

Assessment of physical activity intensity and duration in the paediatric population: evidence to support an a priori hypothesis and sample size in the agreement …

MV Nascimento‐Ferreira, ACF De Moraes… - Obesity …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We aimed to provide evidence for an a priori hypothesis and sample size for subjectively
assessing physical activity intensity and duration in paediatric population, adopting objective …

Child Health CheckPoint: cohort summary and methodology of a physical health and biospecimen module for the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

SA Clifford, S Davies, M Wake - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives 'Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children'(LSAC) is
Australia9s only nationally representative children's longitudinal study, focusing on social …

Associations between meeting 24-hour movement guidelines and academic achievement in Australian primary school-aged children

A Watson, D Dumuid, C Maher… - Journal of Sport and …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Few studies have investigated associations between academic achievement
and meeting recommendations from the 24-hour (24-h) movement guidelines. The specific …

Screen time is more strongly associated than physical activity with overweight and obesity in 9‐to 16‐year‐old Australians

C Maher, TS Olds, JC Eisenmann, J Dollman - Acta Paediatrica, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Both reduced moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and increased
screen time have been implicated in the aetiology of childhood overweight/obesity. This …

Can a school-based sleep education programme improve sleep knowledge, hygiene and behaviours using a randomised controlled trial

G Rigney, S Blunden, C Maher, J Dollman, S Parvazian… - Sleep medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives The present study investigated the effectiveness of a school-based sleep
education programme in improving key sleep behaviours, sleep knowledge, and sleep …

Presleep activities and time of sleep onset in children

LS Foley, R Maddison, Y Jiang, S Marsh, T Olds… - …, 2013 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: Presleep activities have been implicated in the declining sleep duration of
young people. A use-of-time approach may be used to describe the presleep period. The …

Descriptive epidemiology of screen and non-screen sedentary time in adolescents: a cross sectional study

TS Olds, CA Maher, K Ridley, DM Kittel - International Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Background Much attention has been paid to adolescents' screen time, however very few
studies have examined non-screen sedentary time (NSST). This study aimed to (1) describe …