Youth Physical Activity Patterns During School and Out-of-School Time
This study describes age, sex, and season patterns in children’s physical activity behaviors during discrete time periods, both in school and at home. Participants were 135 elementary, 67 middle, and 89 high-school students (128 boys and 163 girls) involved in a larger school activity moni...
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| description | This study describes age, sex, and season patterns in children’s physical activity behaviors during discrete time periods, both in school and at home. Participants were 135 elementary, 67 middle, and 89 high-school students (128 boys and 163 girls) involved in a larger school activity monitoring project. We examined time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) at recess, physical education (PE), lunch, commuting to/from school, before-school, after-school, evening, and weekend segments. Differences in MVPA by age, sex, and season were examined using a three-way analysis of variance and separately for each individual segment. Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels varied by context and were higher during recess (15.4 ± 8.5 min) while at school, and on Saturdays (97.4 ± 89.5 min) when youth were out-of-school. Elementary children were more active than their older counterparts only during lunch time, after-school, and Sunday (p < 0.05). Boys were consistently more active than girls at all segments. Participants were only more active during non-winter than winter months during PE (p = 0.006), after-school (p < 0.001), and Sunday (p = 0.008) segments. These findings showed that activity levels in youth vary during the day and season. The segments reflect discrete time periods that can potentially be targeted and evaluated to promote physical activity in this population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21c475d6542641f483cdee8bb7388a6a2022-12-22T03:14:54ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672018-08-015911810.3390/children5090118children5090118Youth Physical Activity Patterns During School and Out-of-School TimePedro F. Saint-Maurice0Yang Bai1Spyridoula Vazou2Gregory Welk3Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USADepartment of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05403, USADepartment of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USADepartment of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USAThis study describes age, sex, and season patterns in children’s physical activity behaviors during discrete time periods, both in school and at home. Participants were 135 elementary, 67 middle, and 89 high-school students (128 boys and 163 girls) involved in a larger school activity monitoring project. We examined time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) at recess, physical education (PE), lunch, commuting to/from school, before-school, after-school, evening, and weekend segments. Differences in MVPA by age, sex, and season were examined using a three-way analysis of variance and separately for each individual segment. Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels varied by context and were higher during recess (15.4 ± 8.5 min) while at school, and on Saturdays (97.4 ± 89.5 min) when youth were out-of-school. Elementary children were more active than their older counterparts only during lunch time, after-school, and Sunday (p < 0.05). Boys were consistently more active than girls at all segments. Participants were only more active during non-winter than winter months during PE (p = 0.006), after-school (p < 0.001), and Sunday (p = 0.008) segments. These findings showed that activity levels in youth vary during the day and season. The segments reflect discrete time periods that can potentially be targeted and evaluated to promote physical activity in this population.http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/5/9/118accelerometermoderate-to-vigorous physical activityseasonYouth Physical Activity Measurement Study |
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| title | Youth Physical Activity Patterns During School and Out-of-School Time |
| title_full | Youth Physical Activity Patterns During School and Out-of-School Time |
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| title_short | Youth Physical Activity Patterns During School and Out-of-School Time |
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