Probably the most active population in the world: accelerometer measurements of 72 school-children in Greenland
ABSTRACTPhysical activity is the most important lifestyle factor to contribute to a healthy early life. International recommendations are that children should be vigorously physically active for at least 1 h per day, and in Greenland, authorities have claimed a goal of being the world’s most active...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Taylor & Francis Group
2023-12-01
|
| Series: | International Journal of Circumpolar Health |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2023.2289283 |
| _version_ | 1797385587340083200 |
|---|---|
| author | Christina Schnohr Trine Fuhr-Nielsen Sarah O. Sørensen Birgit Niclasen Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen |
| author_facet | Christina Schnohr Trine Fuhr-Nielsen Sarah O. Sørensen Birgit Niclasen Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen |
| author_sort | Christina Schnohr |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | ABSTRACTPhysical activity is the most important lifestyle factor to contribute to a healthy early life. International recommendations are that children should be vigorously physically active for at least 1 h per day, and in Greenland, authorities have claimed a goal of being the world’s most active population. Since 1994, the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) has measured physical activity among school-children in Greenland by questionnaire data, but the measurement properties of self-reported data in comparison to more objectively measured accelerometer data are unknown. The present paper describes the first study using clinical measures of physical activity among Greenlandic youth. Seventy-two school-children (56% girls) with a mean age of 12 years (range 25%; 75% was 11.5; 12.25) wore accelerometers for seven consecutive days, and data produced significant and informative findings for both practice and future research. Fifty-two per cent of the school-children met the international recommendations of being physically active >1 h per day, when measured by accelerometers, but self-reported data reported a prevalence of 10% meeting the recommendations. A majority of this sample of Greenlandic school-children lives up to international recommendations, which indicates that the goal of being the world’s most active population is within reach. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-08T21:56:19Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-bd9b3e165e454d14a5f681d84df66bec |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2242-3982 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-08T21:56:19Z |
| publishDate | 2023-12-01 |
| publisher | Taylor & Francis Group |
| record_format | Article |
| series | International Journal of Circumpolar Health |
| spelling | doaj.art-bd9b3e165e454d14a5f681d84df66bec2023-12-19T21:44:11ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health2242-39822023-12-0182110.1080/22423982.2023.2289283Probably the most active population in the world: accelerometer measurements of 72 school-children in GreenlandChristina Schnohr0Trine Fuhr-Nielsen1Sarah O. Sørensen2Birgit Niclasen3Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen4Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Research Unit of Exercise Epidemiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkAllorfik Center for Knowledge on Drug Addiction, Nuuk, GreenlandCenter for Public Health in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, DenmarkABSTRACTPhysical activity is the most important lifestyle factor to contribute to a healthy early life. International recommendations are that children should be vigorously physically active for at least 1 h per day, and in Greenland, authorities have claimed a goal of being the world’s most active population. Since 1994, the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) has measured physical activity among school-children in Greenland by questionnaire data, but the measurement properties of self-reported data in comparison to more objectively measured accelerometer data are unknown. The present paper describes the first study using clinical measures of physical activity among Greenlandic youth. Seventy-two school-children (56% girls) with a mean age of 12 years (range 25%; 75% was 11.5; 12.25) wore accelerometers for seven consecutive days, and data produced significant and informative findings for both practice and future research. Fifty-two per cent of the school-children met the international recommendations of being physically active >1 h per day, when measured by accelerometers, but self-reported data reported a prevalence of 10% meeting the recommendations. A majority of this sample of Greenlandic school-children lives up to international recommendations, which indicates that the goal of being the world’s most active population is within reach.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2023.2289283Physical activityschool-childrenmeasurement propertiesquestionnaire dataaccelerometer measures |
| spellingShingle | Christina Schnohr Trine Fuhr-Nielsen Sarah O. Sørensen Birgit Niclasen Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen Probably the most active population in the world: accelerometer measurements of 72 school-children in Greenland International Journal of Circumpolar Health Physical activity school-children measurement properties questionnaire data accelerometer measures |
| title | Probably the most active population in the world: accelerometer measurements of 72 school-children in Greenland |
| title_full | Probably the most active population in the world: accelerometer measurements of 72 school-children in Greenland |
| title_fullStr | Probably the most active population in the world: accelerometer measurements of 72 school-children in Greenland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Probably the most active population in the world: accelerometer measurements of 72 school-children in Greenland |
| title_short | Probably the most active population in the world: accelerometer measurements of 72 school-children in Greenland |
| title_sort | probably the most active population in the world accelerometer measurements of 72 school children in greenland |
| topic | Physical activity school-children measurement properties questionnaire data accelerometer measures |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2023.2289283 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT christinaschnohr probablythemostactivepopulationintheworldaccelerometermeasurementsof72schoolchildreningreenland AT trinefuhrnielsen probablythemostactivepopulationintheworldaccelerometermeasurementsof72schoolchildreningreenland AT sarahosørensen probablythemostactivepopulationintheworldaccelerometermeasurementsof72schoolchildreningreenland AT birgitniclasen probablythemostactivepopulationintheworldaccelerometermeasurementsof72schoolchildreningreenland AT christinaviskumlytkenlarsen probablythemostactivepopulationintheworldaccelerometermeasurementsof72schoolchildreningreenland |