Physical activity assessment : a lifecourse approach / Paul Innerd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part I: Physical activity assessment: a lifecourse perspective -- Lifecourse assessment of physical activity -- Population based surveillance -- Assessment of physical activity in lifecourse epidemiology -- Part II: Current measurement methods used across the lifecourse -- Interpreting method comparison studies -- Popular assessment methods -- Physical activity monitors -- Part III: Optimal measurement of physical activity across the lifecourse -- The technology of accelerometry -- Assessing physical activity using a single accelerometer -- Big data in physical activity assessment -- Physical activity assessment in lifecourse epidemiology: future horizons.

"The book provides readers with a thorough grounding in physical activity assessment from a lifecourse perspective and assesses current methods of measurement, including comparison studies, criterion methods, subjective assessment methods and physical activity monitors. It then goes on to offer guidance on the optimal measurement techniques of physical activity across the lifecourse, suggesting how data should be collected, analysed and quantified in light of modern technology and global connectivity, and what these methods mean for physical activity guidelines and interventions, and public health outcomes"-- Provided by publisher.