title: Anthropometry and leisure activities of some Dunedin children aged 11 to 13, 1976 and 1984.
abstract: A study of weight, skinfold thickness and leisure-time activities of a group of Dunedin children aged 11 to 13, conducted in 1976, was repeated in 1984. Both weight and skinfold thickness were materially lower in the 1984 study, the difference being particularly marked in the girls. Both boys and girls spent significantly more time playing sport on Saturday in 1984 than in 1976 and twice as many walked or rode a bicycle to school. The time spent watching television was a little less in 1984; playing videogames is much more common among boys than girls.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, School of Basic Life Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Randolph
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Spears
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012737:Sex Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D013177:Sports; D013690:Television