Information associated with GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [Eng: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (non-anonymized information)

Additional restricted participant characteristics of the following datasets:

GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [en: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (non-anonymized version - first part)

GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [en: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (non-anonymized version - second part)

GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [en: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (non-anonymized version - third part)

GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [en: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (anonymized version - first part)

GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [en: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (anonymized version - second part)

GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [en: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (anonymized version - third part)

Participant characteristics: 10 to 16 years old students (n = 206) and parents (n = 25).

Number of participants: 231.

Year of the study: 2018 - 2019.

Place of the study: New Caledonia.

When using this dataset, please cite the following reference:G. Wattelez, S. Frayon, O. Galy, Assessing physical activity/behavior of adolescents living in the Pacific with accelerometer data: 231 GENEActiv records in New Caledonia, Data in Brief 58 (2025) 111228, doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.111228