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Physical Activity Awareness of British Adolescents Kirsten Corder, PhD1, Esther MF van Sluijs, PhD1, Ian Goodyer, MD FRCPsych FMedSci2, Charlotte L Ridgway, MPhil1, Rebekah M Steele, PhD1, Diane Bamber, PhD2, Valerie Dunn, B.Ed2, Simon J Griffin, MBBS DM FRCGP1, and Ulf Ekelund, PhD1 1MRC

Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 285 Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, U.K. 2Developmental

Psychiatry Section, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Road, Cambridge, CB2 8AH, U.K.

Abstract Objective—To assess adolescent PA awareness and investigate associations with biological and psychosocial factors. Design—Cross-sectional from November 2005 to July 2007 (ROOTS study). Setting—Population-based sample recruited via Cambridgeshire and Suffolk schools (UK). Participants—N=799 (44% male, 14.5±0.5 years).

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Main Exposures—Self-rated PA perception, self-reported psychosocial factors, measured anthropometry. Outcome Measure—PA measured using accelerometry over five days. ‘Inactive’ defined as accelerometry-measured

Physical Activity Awareness of British Adolescents.

To assess adolescent PA awareness and investigate associations with biological and psychosocial factors...
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