title: Energy Cost of Physical Activities and Sedentary Behaviors in Young Children.
abstract: This study reports energy expenditure (EE) data for lifestyle and ambulatory activities in young children.
  
  
  
  Eleven children aged 3 to 6 years (mean age = 4.8 ± 0.9; 55% boys) completed 12 semistructured activities including sedentary behaviors (SB), light (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous physical activities (MVPA) over 2 laboratory visits while wearing a portable metabolic system to measure EE.
  
  
  
  Mean EE values for SB (TV, reading, tablet and toy play) were between 0.9 to 1.1 kcal/min. Standing art had an energy cost that was 1.5 times that of SB (mean = 1.4 kcal/min), whereas bike riding (mean = 2.5 kcal/min) was similar to LPA (cleaning-up, treasure hunt and walking) (mean = 2.3 to 2.5 kcal/min), which had EE that were 2.5 times SB. EE for MVPA (running, active games and obstacle course) was 4.2 times SB (mean = 3.8 to 3.9 kcal/min).
  
  
  
  EE values reported in this study can contribute to the limited available data on the energy cost of lifestyle and ambulatory activities in young children.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Sports Medicine, German Sport University, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Großek
authors.forename: Christiana
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Loo
authors.forename: Gregory E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Peoples
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagenbuchner
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Dylan P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Cliff
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057185:Sedentary Behavior