Chung et al. [36]
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United States, 2012
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Data of NHANES 2003–04 and 2005–06) surveys
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n: 95 (47 boys, 48 girls) obese participants with BMI ≥95th to 99th centile
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n: 514 (253 boys, 261 girls) participants with BMI ≥ 5th to 85th centile
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Actigraph 7164 worn on the right hip for 7 consecutive days during waking hours
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Epoch = 1 min
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Obese group spent mean of (boys 118 (SD 6) and girls 83 (SD 10) min/day) on MVPA
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97, 70% of obese boys and girls respectively achieved an average of 60 min/day of MVPA
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Age: range 6–8 years
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Age: range 6–8 years
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MVPA using Freedson cut-point (61)
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Comparison group spent mean of (boys 129 (SD 4) and girls 104 (SD 4) min/day) on MVPA
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98, 90% of the comparison boys and girls respectively achieved an average of 60 min/day MVPA.
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MVPA was significantly lower in obese than comparison group (p < 0.05)
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Hughes et al. [39]
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United Kingdom, 2006
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Pairwise comparison study.
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n: 53 (25 boys, 28 girls) obese participants with BMI ≥ 98th centile
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n: 53 (25boys, 28 girls) participants with BMI < 85th centile.
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CSA/MTI, 7164 worn on right hip for 7 consecutive days.
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Epoch = 1 min
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Obese group spent median of 16 (range 2–72) min/day on MVPA.
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Obese participants failed to achieve an average of 60 min/day of MVPA
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“Clinical sample”
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Age: mean 8.7 (SD 2.1) years
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MVPA > 3200 cpm
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Comparison group spent median of 23 (range 7–77) min/day on MVPA.
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MVPA was significantly lower in obese than comparison group (p < 0.001)
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Age: mean 8.6 (SD 2) years
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Sedentary time < 1100 cpm
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Obese group spent mean of 81 (SD 7) % of their waking time sedentary.
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Sedentary time was similar in obese and comparison group
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Comparison group spent mean of 79 (SD 6) % of their waking time sedentary.
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Hussey et al. [32]
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Dublin, 2007
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Cross sectional study
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n: 7/152 (3 boys, 4 girls) obese participants; with BMI > 97th centile.
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n: 121/152 (43 boys, 78 girls) participants with BMI > 75th to 91th centile.
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RT3Triaxial accelerometer, worn for 4 days.
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Epoch = 1 min
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Obese participants spent mean of (boys 14 (95%, CI- 11, 17) and girls 29 (95%, CI- 14, 43) min/day) on MVPA
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Obese participants failed to achieve an average of 60 min/day of MVPA
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Age: range 7 to 10 years.
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Age: range 7 to 10 years.
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MVPA> 3500 cpm
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Comparison group spent mean of (boys 39 (95%, CI-33, 45) and girls 24 (95%, CI- 22, 27) min/day) on MVPA
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MVPA was significantly lower in obese boys than comparison group (p < 0.05)
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Sedentary time cut-points not clearly reported
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Obese participants spent mean of (boys 1046 (95%, CI- 934, 1157) and girls 935 (95%, CI- 795, 1075) min/day) sedentary
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Sedentary time was significantly higher in obese boys than comparison group (p < 0.05)
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Comparison group spent mean of (boys 928 (95%, CI-901, 955) and girls 963 (95%, CI- 941,985) min/day) sedentary
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Maggio et al. [64]
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Switzerland, 2010
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Cross-sectional study
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n: 45/209 obese participants with BMI > 97th centile
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n: 85 participants with BMI <90th centile
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Actigraph 6471, worn on right hip for 7 consecutive days
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Epoch not clearly reported
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Obese group spent mean of 60 (SD 3) min/day on MVPA
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52% of the obese participants achieved an average of 60 min/day of MVPA
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“Clinical sample”
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MVPA > 2000 cpm
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Comparison group spent mean of 71 (SD 5) min/day on MVPA
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60% of the comparison group achieved an average of 60 min/day MVPA
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Age: mean 9.1 (SD 0.3) years
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Age: mean 10 (SD 0.3) years
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Sedentary time < 500 cpm
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Obese participants spent mean of 71% of their waking time sedentary
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MVPA was lower in obese than comparison group but not significantly (p = 0.07)
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Comparison group spent mean of 70% of their waking time sedentary
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Sedentary time was significantly higher in obese than comparison group (p < 0.01)
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Metallinos-Katsaras et al. [38]
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United States, 2007
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Cross sectional study
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n: 21 obese children with BMI ≥ 95th centile
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n: 35 children; BMI < 95th centile
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CSA 7164, worn on the hip for 7 consecutive days
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Epoch = 1 min
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Obese group spent mean of 269 (SD not given) min/day on MVPA
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Obese participants exceeded an average of 60 min/day of MVPA
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Age: range 2 to 5 years
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Age: range 2 to 5 years
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MVPA cut-points not clearly reported
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Comparison group spent mean of 277 (SD not given) min/day on MVPA
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MVPA was lower in obese than comparison group but this was not significant (p > 0.05)
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Thompson et al. [37]
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Canada, 2005
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Cross sectional study
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n: 112 (56 boys, 56 girls) obese participants with BMI ≥ 95th centile
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n: 341 (177 boys, 164 girls) participants with BMI ≤ 85th centile
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Actigraph 7164, worn on the hip for 7 consecutive days
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Epoch = 1 min
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Obese group spent mean of (boys 172 (SD 58) and girls 157 (SD 52) min/day) on MVPA
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Obese participants exceeded an average of 60 min/day of MVPA
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Age: mean 8 (SD 0.3) years
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Age: 3, 7 and 11 years old
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MVPA used Freedson cut-point (61)
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Comparison group spent mean of (boys 179 (SD 63) and girls 165 (SD 51) min/day) on MVPA
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Comparison group exceeded an average of 60 min/day of MVPA
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MVPA was similar in obese and comparison group
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Vale et al. [41]
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Portugal, 2013
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Cross sectional study
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n: 59/607 obese children with BMI defined according to the IOTF criteria
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n: 425/607 children with BMI defined as non-overweight, non-obese according to the IOTF criteria
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ActiGraph GT1M, worn on the hip for 7 consecutive days
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Epoch = 5 s
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Absolute MVPA not clearly given
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MVPA was significantly lower in obese girls than comparison group (p < 0.01), but not in boys
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Age: mean 5.1 (SD 0.8) years
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Age: range 4–6 years
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MVPA ≥1680 cpm
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Wafa et al. [35].
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Malaysia, 2014
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Case control study.
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n: 86 obese participants with BMI ≥ 95th centile
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n: 86 participants with BMI < 85th centile matched for age and gender
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ActiGraph GT1M, worn for 5 consecutive days
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Epoch not reported
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Obese group spent median 5 (IQR – 0, 32) min/day on MVPA
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Obese participants failed to achieve an average of 60 min/day of MVPA
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Age: median 9.5 (IQR 8,11) years
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MVA > 3200 cpm
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Comparison group spent of median 9 (IQR – 0, 55) min/day on MVPA
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Comparison group failed to achieve an average of 60 min/day of MVPA
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Sedentary time < 1100 cpm
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Obese group spent an average of 90% of their waking time sedentary
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MVPA was significantly lower in the obese than in the comparison group (p < 0.001)
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Comparison group spent an average of 88% of their waking time sedentary
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Sedentary time was significantly higher in the obese group than in the comparison group (p < 0.001)
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