Prevalence of New Zealand children and adolescents achieving current physical activity and television watching recommendations.
J Phys Act Health
; 9(2): 173-87, 2012 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-22368217
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Aims were to investigate sex, ethnicity, and age differences in achieving daily step count and television (TV) watching recommendations in schoolchildren.METHODS:
Participants were 615 children (n = 325) and adolescents (n = 290) aged 5 to 16 years. Activity was assessed over 5 days using pedometers; TV time was collected via parental proxy-report and self-report. Ethnic, sex, and age differences in step counts, TV time, and odds of meeting TV and step count recommendations were examined for weekdays, weekend days, and overall using generalized estimation equation modeling.RESULTS:
Overall, girls were more active than boys (P < .001). Adolescents were more active than children (P = .044), watched more TV (P = .005), and were less likely to meet TV watching recommendations (P = .004). Non-European children watched significantly more TV (P = .008), and were significantly less likely to meet TV recommendations than non-European children (P = .001). Participants watched more TV and accumulated less steps on weekend days than weekdays.CONCLUSIONS:
Multifaceted interventions focusing on both increasing activity and decreasing TV time are needed, especially on weekends. Children and girls may benefit more from activity interventions, while ethnic-specific interventions focusing on TV habits may be most efficacious for adolescents.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Televisão
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Caminhada
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Comportamento Sedentário
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Atividade Motora
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Phys Act Health
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Nova Zelândia