Purpose: Seasonal variations may influence children’s physical activity patterns. Research is needed to examine how much physical activity youth engage in across the day and how this varies between seasons to inform the development of physical activity programs. The aim of this study was to investigate seasonal changes in ...
Purpose: To examine physical activity levels in kindergarten and grade 2 in cross-sectional cohorts and a longitudinal sample. Methods: Ninety-six kindergarten children (Mage=5y 7m, 58% boys) from 8 British Columbia schools participated in 2010-11, and 101 grade 2 children (Mage=7y 9m, 52%, boys) participated in 2012-2013. A sub-cohort of 21 children were tracked from kindergarten ...
Purpose: To analyze associations between environmental perceptions and health behaviors between children from low (LWA) and high walkability areas (HWA). Methods: This cross-sectional study includes 102 children (11.6+/-0.7y) from Porto (Portugal) living in areas with high and low GIS-based walkability. Moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time was ...
Purpose: Children with asthma are at greater risk of physical inactivity, obesity, and other chronic health conditions. Understanding how to promote physical activity among children with asthma has been limited by retrospective self-report methods. Methods: Low-income, Hispanic children (N = 20) (7th-12th grade) (54% male) with chronic asthma completed seven days of ...
Purpose: Some evidence suggests an association between sedentary behavior and increased cardio-metabolic disease risk. The purposes of this study are to describe volume and pattern of school-day sedentary time, and compare school-day sedentary time across seasons in terms of volume and pattern in Swedish 2nd and 5th graders. Methods: Volume ...
Purpose: The Mile Run/Walk test (MRW) is commonly used to assess students’ cardiovascular fitness as a component of the FITNESSGRAM. The formula to convert MRW times into predicted VO2max incorporates Body Mass Index (BMI). This study examines whether the MRW is an appropriate tool to employ among overweight ...
Purpose: This study examined associations between school commuting mode and children’s cardiovascular and metabolic health. Methods: Participants were 226 children (48% boys), aged 8.1 (SD 0.4) years from Melbourne, Australia. Mothers reported their own highest level of education, and the frequency and duration of their child’s typical active (walking or cycling; 0 trips, 1...
Purpose: Preschoolers engage in more screen-time than recommended, yet associations with other energy-balance related behaviors (EBRB) is unknown. Methods: Data were from 181 control participants in the cluster-randomised controlled Melbourne Infant Feeding, Activity and Nutrition Trial (InFANT) Program. Daily television, computer game, and hand-held e-game use were assessed by parent-report at ...
Purpose: Hong Kong children have been identified as one of the most inactive populations worldwide. Attributes of the neighbourhood environment are thought to be important modifiable factors for increasing pre-schoolers’ PA. Thus, the present study aims to identify neighbourhood environmental correlates of PA in Hong Kong pre-schoolers. Methods: 116 Chinese-speaking parents/...
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between objective walkability and different domains of children’s PA, and to investigate the moderating effect of neighborhood socio-economic status (SES) in this relation. Methods: Data were collected between December 2011 and May 2013 as part of the Belgian Environmental Physical ...