Patterns of habitual activity across weekdays and weekend days in 9–11-year-old children
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Objective To characterize the pattern of activity in boys and girls across weekdays and weekend days.Methods Physical activity was recorded every 2 s by uniaxial accelerometry in 84 children, aged 9-11 years, for up to four weekdays and two weekend days. Activity bouts (>or= 4 s and >or= 5 min) greater than light (>or= LIGHT), moderate (>or= MOD) and vigorous (>or= VIG) intensity were recorded. The study took place in the South-West of England in 2007.Results The mean duration of activity bouts decreased as intensity increased from 11.0+/-1.3 s for >or= LIGHT activity to 6.1+/-1.0 s for >or= VIG activity. The frequency, duration and intensity of bouts were greater in boys than girls, and the frequency and duration of bouts were greater on weekdays than weekend days. Girls accumulated more activity sporadically than boys, whereas boys accumulated more activity in >or= 5-min bouts.Conclusion Sex differences and weekday/weekend differences in activity were largely due to the intensity of the most frequent bouts of activity and frequency of the most intense bouts. Information regarding the pattern of children's habitual activity can be used to inform activity interventions and assess the aspects of the activity pattern that are related to health.
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Children typically engage in lower levels of physical activity and more sedentary time on weekend days as compared to school days.
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- Authors
- Rowlands, A. V., Pilgrim, E. L., & Eston, R. G.
- Affiliations
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Rowlands, Ann V.
- ORCID
- Eston, Roger G.
- Venue
- Preventive Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-04
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 317-324
- ISSN
- 0091-7435 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2064808068
- Cited by
- 209
- References
- 34
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- FWCI
- 7.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Preventive Medicine (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Keywords
- children's physical activity, activity bouts, weekday versus weekend differences, sex differences, physical activity intensity, activity duration, activity frequency, accelerometry, elementary school students
- MeSH terms
- Analysis of Variance, Child, England, Female, Humans, Kinetocardiography, Leisure Activities, Male, Monitoring, Physiologic, Motor Activity, Schools, Sex Factors
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