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Table 5.2

Mean physical activity levels (PALs) of children and adolescents in industrial and developing countries

Age (years)

Industrial, Urban + Rural

Developing, Urban

Developing, Rural

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

n

PAL

n

PAL

n

PAL

n

PAL

n

PAL

n

PAL

5

-^9

225

1.60

232

1.58

81

1.56

81

1.56

340

1.75

310

1.74

10

-^14

887

1.60

700

1.58

133

1.62

73

1.70

450

1.85

400

1.86

15

-^19

838

1.70

1032

1.65

32

1.60

32

1.62

200

2.13

180

2.06

Means are weighted for sample sizes of individual studies. Modi

fied after Torun et al. (

1996

)

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