Table 3. Daily physical activity, total daily distance travelled to school and daily energy expenditure characteristics in the 30 untrained Kenyan school children.
Mean ± SD | [range] | |
kCPD | 932±204 | [664–1484] |
CPM | 1148±244 | [809–1843] |
Sedentary (min) | 406±63 | [328–561] |
Light (min) | 244±56 | [132–354] |
Moderate (min) | 75±18 | [43–113] |
Vigorous (min) | 82±30 | [32–153] |
MVPA (min) | 156±33 | [109–234] |
% time sedentary | 50 | [39–67] |
% time light | 30 | [17]–[42] |
% time moderate | 9 | [5]–[17] |
% time vigorous | 10 | [4]–[19] |
% time MVPA | 19 | [14]–[30] |
Daily distance to school (km) | 7.5±3.0 | [0.8–13.4] |
TEE (MJ. d−1) | 12.2±3.4 | [7–20.7] |
PAL | 2.2±0.6 | [1.3–3.5] |
REE (MJ. d−1) | 5.6±0.6 | [4.4–6.8] |
AEE (MJ. d−1) | 5.4±3.0 | [1.2–12.7] |
kCPD - kilo counts per day.
CPM - Counts per day.
MVPA - Moderate to vigorous physical activity.
TEE - Total energy expenditure.
PAL - Physical activity level.
REE - Resting energy expenditure.
AEE - Activity-associated energy expenditure.
Mean values ± SD and ranges are given.