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b A recent evaluation confirmed that measured energy expenditure for sedentary activities in children tended to be closer to 2.0 METs instead of the adult threshold of 1.5 METs used to distinguish sedentary and light physical activity (see reference 35).

c Similar to the child vs. adult comparison, the differences in body composition and impact on REE will likely lead to systematic misclassifications of activity in children classified as having overweight or obesity (see reference 30).