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Marieke De Craemer
Researcher at Ghent University
Publications - 71
Citations - 2479
Marieke De Craemer is an academic researcher from Ghent University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 59 publications receiving 2002 citations. Previous affiliations of Marieke De Craemer include Research Foundation - Flanders.
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The translation of preschoolers’ physical activity guidelines into a daily step count target
Marieke De Craemer,Ellen De Decker,Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij,Maïté Verloigne,Yannis Manios,Greet Cardon +5 more
TL;DR: The present analysis showed that 180 min of total PA per day is equivalent to the following step count targets: 5,274 steps/day using the Pate cut-point, 4,653 steps/days using the Evenson cut- point, 11,379 steps/ day using the Reilly cut- Point, and 13,326 steps/Day using the Van Cauwenberghe cut-points.
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Validity of the Omron pedometer and the actigraph step count function in preschoolers
Marieke De Craemer,Ellen De Decker,Alejandro Santos-Lozano,Maïté Verloigne,Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij,Benedicte Deforche,Benedicte Deforche,Greet Cardon +7 more
TL;DR: Both the accelerometer-based as pedometer- based step counts are valid estimates of preschoolers' physical activity levels during free-living activities based on group estimates.
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Mediating Effects of Self-Efficacy, Benefits and Barriers on the Association between Peer and Parental Factors and Physical Activity among Adolescent Girls with a Lower Educational Level.
TL;DR: This study contributed to a better understanding of the complexity of how parental and peer factors work together with personal factors to influence the physical activity levels of adolescent girls with a lower educational level.
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Clustering of energy balance-related behaviours and parental education in European preschool children: the ToyBox study.
María L Miguel-Berges,Konstantina Zachari,Alba M Santaliestra-Pasías,Theodora Mouratidou,Odysseas Androutsos,Violeta Iotova,Sonya Galcheva,Marieke De Craemer,Greet Cardon,Berthold Koletzko,Zbigniew Kułaga,Yannis Manios,Luis A. Moreno +12 more
TL;DR: The ‘unhealthy lifestyle’ cluster was more prevalent among children with parents in lower parental educational levels and children who were obese, suggesting parental educational level is one of the key factors that should be considered when developing childhood obesity prevention interventions.
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Diet quality in European pre-schoolers : evaluation based on diet quality indices and association with gender, socio-economic status and overweight, the ToyBox-study
An-Sofie Pinket,Marieke De Craemer,Inge Huybrechts,Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij,Benedicte Deforche,Greet Cardon,Odysseas Androutsos,Berthold Koletzko,Luis A. Moreno,Piotr Socha,Violeta Iotova,Yannis Manios,Wendy Van Lippevelde +12 more
TL;DR: Pre-schoolers scored low on the total DQI and especially on dietary quality, as energy-dense, low-nutritious food items were more often consumed than highly nutritious food items.