Compliance with physical activity guidelines: prevalence in a population of children and youth
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Purpose To use objective monitoring of physical activity to determine the percentages of children and youth in a population that met physical activity guidelines. Methods A total of 375 students in grades 1-12 wore an accelerometer (CSA 7164) for seven consecutive days. Bouts of continuous activity and accumulation of minutes spent in physical activity at various intensities were calculated to determine how many students met three physical activity guidelines. Results Over 90% of students met Healthy People 2010, Objective 22.6 and nearly 70% met the United Kingdom Expert Consensus Group guideline, both of which recommend daily accumulation of moderate physical activity. Less than 3% met Healthy People 2010, Objective 22.7, which calls for bouts of continuous vigorous physical activity. For the United Kingdom Expert Consensus Group guideline, compliance decreased markedly with age, but gender differences were not statistically significant. Conclusions Prevalence estimates for compliance with national physical activity guidelines varied markedly for the three guidelines examined. Objective monitoring of physical activity in youth appears to be feasible and may provide more accurate prevalence rates than self-report measures.
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The recommended amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity for children is doing some physical activity five or more days per week.
“We defined an adequate level of physical activity as doing some physical activity five or more days per week; the recommended amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity for children suggested by UK Expert Consensus Group (Pate et al., 2002).”
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- Authors
- Pate, R.
- Affiliations
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Corresponding author
- Pate, R
- ORCID
- Pate, R
- Venue
- Annals of Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-07
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 303-308
- ISSN
- 1047-2797 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1518109232
- Cited by
- 472
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 7.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annals of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
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- Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina) (submittedVersion)
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- Faculty of Health
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Sports and Physical Education Studies
- Keywords
- physical activity guidelines, guideline adherence, children and young people, accelerometer-measured activity, high-intensity exercise, moderate physical activity, Healthy People 2010, age differences, gender differences
- MeSH terms
- Activities of Daily Living, Adolescent, Child, Child Welfare, Data Collection, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Male, Patient Compliance, Physical Fitness, Population Surveillance, Exercise, Prevalence, Practice Guidelines as Topic
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