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Università della Svizzera italiana

Recommendations on screen time, sleep and physical activity : associations with academic achievement in Swiss adolescents

Marciano, Laura ; Camerini, Anne-Linda

In: Public health, 2021, vol. 198, p. 211-217

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate how meeting international recommendations for screen time (<2 h/day), moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA; at least 60 min/day) and sleep (8e10 h/night), as well as media multitasking (MMI) as a form of screen time, impact academic achievement in early adolescence. Study design: A prospective design was used, where self-report measures...

Haute Ecole de Gestion & Tourisme

Cohort and Trajectory Analysis in Multi-Agent Support Systems for Cancer Survivors

Pocklington, Benjamin ; Schumacher, Michael M. (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole de Gestion & Tourisme, 2021.

Cancer is an illness that affects millions every year, leaving many individuals and families suffering both physically and mentally. As more efficient and more advanced treatments emerge, there are more families left dealing with difficult situations where there are many uncertainties about the future. This study aims to determine if it is possible to create a proof-of-concept chat ...

Université de Fribourg

Total energy expenditure assessed by doubly labeled water technique and estimates of physical activity in Mauritian children: analysis by gender and ethnicity

Ramuth, Harris ; Schutz, Yves ; Calonne, Julie ; Joonas, Noorjehan ; Dulloo, Abdul G.

In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2020, vol. 74, no. 3, p. 445–453

In the tropical island of Mauritius, the rise in obesity has accelerated in the past decades, and could be contributed by low physical activity and increased sedentary behavior. The study objectives were to generate the first dataset of total energy expenditure (TEE), to estimate physical activity in Mauritian children, and to explore differences due to gender and ethnicity.Subjects/methods:...