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APTL [2 records]

Record 1 2024-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Organized Recreation
CONT

In most developed societies, after completion of work, traveling, domestic chores, and personal hygiene, the average person has 3 to 4 h [hours] of "free," leisure, or discretionary time per day. ... Leisure-time physical activity is an activity undertaken in the individual's discretionary time that increases the total daily energy expenditure.

Key term(s)
  • leisure time physical activity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Loisirs organisés
CONT

La DET [dépense d'énergie totale] inclut le métabolisme au repos, l'effet thermique de l'alimentation et la DEA [dépense d'énergie active]. Dans ce dernier cas, qu'il est possible de subdiviser la dépense d'énergie en exercice volontaire, communément mesuré sous forme d'activité physique en temps de loisir (APTL), et de TAAE [thermogénèse découlant d'activités autres que l'exercice], ce qui inclut toute dépense d'énergie reliée à l'activité qui n'est pas de l'exercice volontaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
OBS

not later than; NLT: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
OBS

au plus tard le; APTL : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fraseología
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