期刊
APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY NUTRITION AND METABOLISM
卷 38, 期 2, 页码 115-119出版社
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING, NRC RESEARCH PRESS
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2012-0100
关键词
physical activity; accelerometry; children; adolescents; policy; rural MVPA; sedentary time; weekend activity
资金
- province of Manitoba
- Black Gold School Division
- Alberta Centre for Child Family and Community Research
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Alberta Innovates Health Solutions
Few Canadian children are meeting physical activity (PA) guidelines for optimal growth and health. There is little information describing the patterns of PA among Canadian youth, so it is difficult to determine where the deficits occur. The purpose of this study was to identify subgroups of youth and windows of time characterized by low PA and high sedentary behaviour. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 626 youth (aged 10-15 years) in 2 Canadian provinces. The primary exposure variables included geographic setting (rural vs. urban), sex, and days of the week (weekend days vs. weekdays). The primary outcome measures were minutes of light PA, moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and sedentary behavior, assessed with accelerometry. Compared with weekdays, MVPA was similar to 30% lower on weekend days (55.8 +/- 23.0 min vs. 38.7 +/- 26.7 min; p < 0.001), whereas light PA was similar to 15% higher. Significantly more youth achieved an average of >60 min of MVPA on weekdays than on weekend days (46% vs. 22%; p < 0.001). Sex-specific differences in MVPA were more pronounced on weekdays than on weekend days (similar to 13 vs similar to 8 min per day; p < 0.01). Youth in rural settings achieved similar to 9 fewer minutes of MVPA daily than youth in urban settings (p < 0.001). In youth 10 to 15 years of age, daily MVPA is lower and light PA is higher on weekend days than on weekdays. Girls and students living in rural areas were particularly vulnerable to low levels of MVPA.
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