Quantification of the Number of Steps in a School Recess by Means of Smart Bands: Proposal of Referential Values for Children and Adolescents
(1) Background: Regular physical activity has multiple benefits. Therefore, school recess is a key tool to provide opportunities for schoolchildren to engage in extracurricular physical activity, have fun, play and interact with their peers. The aim is to provide reference data to quantify the numbe...
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| author | Jose Sulla-Torres Rubén Vidal-Espinoza Christopher Avendaño Llanque Alexander Calla Gamboa Manuel Zúñiga Carnero Marco Cossio-Bolaños Rossana Gomez-Campos |
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| description | (1) Background: Regular physical activity has multiple benefits. Therefore, school recess is a key tool to provide opportunities for schoolchildren to engage in extracurricular physical activity, have fun, play and interact with their peers. The aim is to provide reference data to quantify the number of steps that children and adolescents perform in a school recess using smart bands according to age range and sex. (2) Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 494 schoolchildren aged 6 to 17 years (292 males and 202 females). Weight, standing height and waist circumference (WC) were evaluated. The body mass index (BMI) was calculated. The quantification of the number of steps during school recess was performed using a smart band. (3) Results: Percentiles were constructed for the number of steps (number of steps/recess). The cut-off points considered were <p25 (below average), p25 to p75 (average) and >p75 (above average). The median values in both sexes decreased as the age range increased. Youth who walked fewer steps during recess (<p25: below average) had elevated BMI and WC values relative to those who walked within average and above average. (4) Conclusion: The number of steps taken by schoolchildren during school recess decreases drastically with advancing age. The proposed reference values can be used to categorize schoolchildren according to the number of steps taken and to compare them among their peers. The results suggest their use and application in schools as a way of achieving the minimum physical activity recommendations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8704cbd58a504a8491e322e64f359f1e2023-11-18T09:49:00ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672023-05-0110691510.3390/children10060915Quantification of the Number of Steps in a School Recess by Means of Smart Bands: Proposal of Referential Values for Children and AdolescentsJose Sulla-Torres0Rubén Vidal-Espinoza1Christopher Avendaño Llanque2Alexander Calla Gamboa3Manuel Zúñiga Carnero4Marco Cossio-Bolaños5Rossana Gomez-Campos6Escuela de Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad Católica de Santa María, Urb. San José, San Jose s/n, Yanahuara, Arequipa 04001, PeruEscuela de Educación Inicial, Departamento de Educación Diferencial, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Católica Silva Henriquez, Santiago 8330225, ChileEscuela de Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad Católica de Santa María, Urb. San José, San Jose s/n, Yanahuara, Arequipa 04001, PeruEscuela de Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad Católica de Santa María, Urb. San José, San Jose s/n, Yanahuara, Arequipa 04001, PeruEscuela de Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad Católica de Santa María, Urb. San José, San Jose s/n, Yanahuara, Arequipa 04001, PeruCarrera de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Av. La Fontana 550, La Molina, Lima 15024, PeruCarrera de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Av. La Fontana 550, La Molina, Lima 15024, Peru(1) Background: Regular physical activity has multiple benefits. Therefore, school recess is a key tool to provide opportunities for schoolchildren to engage in extracurricular physical activity, have fun, play and interact with their peers. The aim is to provide reference data to quantify the number of steps that children and adolescents perform in a school recess using smart bands according to age range and sex. (2) Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 494 schoolchildren aged 6 to 17 years (292 males and 202 females). Weight, standing height and waist circumference (WC) were evaluated. The body mass index (BMI) was calculated. The quantification of the number of steps during school recess was performed using a smart band. (3) Results: Percentiles were constructed for the number of steps (number of steps/recess). The cut-off points considered were <p25 (below average), p25 to p75 (average) and >p75 (above average). The median values in both sexes decreased as the age range increased. Youth who walked fewer steps during recess (<p25: below average) had elevated BMI and WC values relative to those who walked within average and above average. (4) Conclusion: The number of steps taken by schoolchildren during school recess decreases drastically with advancing age. The proposed reference values can be used to categorize schoolchildren according to the number of steps taken and to compare them among their peers. The results suggest their use and application in schools as a way of achieving the minimum physical activity recommendations.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/6/915stepsschool recessreference valuessmart band |
| spellingShingle | Jose Sulla-Torres Rubén Vidal-Espinoza Christopher Avendaño Llanque Alexander Calla Gamboa Manuel Zúñiga Carnero Marco Cossio-Bolaños Rossana Gomez-Campos Quantification of the Number of Steps in a School Recess by Means of Smart Bands: Proposal of Referential Values for Children and Adolescents Children steps school recess reference values smart band |
| title | Quantification of the Number of Steps in a School Recess by Means of Smart Bands: Proposal of Referential Values for Children and Adolescents |
| title_full | Quantification of the Number of Steps in a School Recess by Means of Smart Bands: Proposal of Referential Values for Children and Adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Quantification of the Number of Steps in a School Recess by Means of Smart Bands: Proposal of Referential Values for Children and Adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantification of the Number of Steps in a School Recess by Means of Smart Bands: Proposal of Referential Values for Children and Adolescents |
| title_short | Quantification of the Number of Steps in a School Recess by Means of Smart Bands: Proposal of Referential Values for Children and Adolescents |
| title_sort | quantification of the number of steps in a school recess by means of smart bands proposal of referential values for children and adolescents |
| topic | steps school recess reference values smart band |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/6/915 |
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