Physical Activity During Soccer and Its Contribution to Physical Activity Recommendations in Normal Weight and Overweight Children
Abstract
Amid the childhood obesity epidemic, understanding how organized sports participation contributes to meeting physical activity recommendations in children is important. Anthropometrics were measured in children (n = 111; 68% female, 9.1 ± 0.8yr) before one 50-min soccer match. Time spent at different physical activity intensity levels was examined using Actigraph accelerometers. 49% of the match time was spent in sedentary activity (25.4 ± 5.7 min), while 33% of the match (16.9 ± 4.7 min) was spent in moderate-to-vigorous activity (MVPA; p < .001). 22.5% of the children were overweight/obese and spent more time in sedentary activity (+3.2 ± 1.2 min; p < .05) and less time in MVPA (-3.0 ± 1.0 min; p < .01) compared with the normal weight children. These data demonstrate that playing an organized sport such as soccer only meets a portion (~25%) of the 60 min of MVPA recommended and even less of this recommendation is met by overweight/obese children.
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- Authors
- Sacheck, J. M., Nelson, T., Ficker, L., Kafka, T., Kuder, J., & Economos, C. D.
- Affiliations
- Tufts University (US)
- Venue
- Pediatric Exercise Science
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 2011-05
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 281-292
- ISSN
- 0899-8493 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-2920
- OpenAlex
- W2127706692
- Cited by
- 73
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 3.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Pediatric Exercise Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- 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
- soccer, physical activity, childhood obesity, overweight children, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, sedentary behavior, physical activity guidelines, organized sport, children
- MeSH terms
- Acceleration, Analysis of Variance, Basal Metabolism, Child, Energy Metabolism, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Motor Activity, Nutrition Surveys, Surveys and Questionnaires, Mental Recall, Soccer, Time Factors, Diet Records, Body Mass Index, Overweight, Actigraphy, Sedentary Behavior
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