AUG 6, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Beyond MVPA minutes: physical activity phenotypes are associated with metabolic profiles in children with obesity
European Journal of Pediatrics
A sound cross-sectional analysis using unsupervised machine learning on accelerometry to identify clinically meaningful PA phenotypes and their metabolic associations in children with obesity, but limited by single time-point design, small sample, and lack of a comparator arm.
Reported
Sample size91
Sedentary phenotype proportion24%
Light Activity phenotype proporti…55%