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Children's frequency of participation in moderate to vigorous physical activities

Simons-Morton, Bruce G., O'hara, Nancy M., Parcel, Guy S., Huang, Iris Wei, Baranowski, Tom, Wilson, Brad·1990·Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
DOI 10.1080/02701367.1990.10607492
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Third and fourth grade boys (n = 422) and girls (n = 390) in four Texas elementary schools reported their participation in moderate to vigorous physical activities (MVPAs) over a 3-day period. Students were surveyed during class on successive days. On a subsample (n = 44), the agreement between reported and observed physical activities during physical education or recess was 86.3%. Running, walking fast, games and sports, and bicycling accounted for 70% of Total MVPAs. Of Total MVPAs reported, 47.0% for boys and 44.6% for girls were 10 min or longer in duration (LMVPA). The average number of LMVPAs per day was 1.7 for both boys and girls. Students reported significantly more occurrences of LMVPAs out of school than during school. Significant interaction between grade and gender indicated that third grade boys reported more Total MVPAs and LMVPAs than third grade girls, but fourth grade boys reported fewer Total MVPAs and LMVPAs than fourth grade girls reported fewer Total MVPAs and LMVPAs than fourth grade girls. During the 3-day reporting period, 12.3% of boys and 13.3% of girls reported no LMVPAs, and 35.6% of boys and girls reported fewer than one LMVPAs per day. While the majority of children reported obtaining at least some activity daily, a substantial proportion of children in this sample reported fewer than one LMVPA daily, indicating that many children may not be obtaining adequate amounts of physical activity.

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Authors
Simons-Morton, B. G., O'hara, N. M., Parcel, G. S., Huang, I. W., Baranowski, T., & Wilson, B.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
  • Augusta University (US)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
ORCID
Baranowski, Tom
Venue
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1990-12
Volume
61
Issue
4
Pages
307-314
ISSN
  • 0034-5377 (ISSN-L)
  • 0270-1367
  • 2168-3824
DOI
10.1080/02701367.1990.10607492
OpenAlex
W2034814638
Cited by
136
References
27
Citations by year
2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 5
FWCI
3.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
U.S. Public Health Service (33376)
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
moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, children, elementary school students, physical activity frequency, physical education, recess, gender differences, grade level differences, running, cycling, games and sports
MeSH terms
Child, Female, Humans, Male, Physical Education and Training, Schools, Sex Factors, Exercise

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