Change in objectively measured physical activity during the transition to adolescence
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BACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA) declines during adolescence but change in different PA intensities across population subgroups is rarely explored. We describe change in sedentary (SED) time, light (LPA), moderate (MPA) and vigorous PA (VPA) assessed at three time points over 4 years. METHODS: Accelerometer-assessed PA (min) was obtained at baseline (N=2064), 1 and 4 years later among British children (baseline mean±SD 10.2±0.3-year-old; 42.5% male). Change in SED (<100 counts/min (cpm)), LPA (101-1999 cpm), MPA (2000-3999 cpm) and VPA (≥4000 cpm) was studied using three-level (age, individual and school) mixed-effects linear regression including participants with data at ≥2 time points (N=990). Differences in change by sex, home location and weight status were explored with interactions for SED, LPA and moderate and vigorous PA (MVPA). RESULTS: SED increased by 10.6 (95% CI 9.1 to 12.2) min/day/year. MPA and VPA decreased by 1.4 (1.0 to 1.8) and 1.5 (1.1 to 1.8) min/day/year, respectively. VPA decreased more than MPA as a percentage of the baseline value. MVPA declined more steeply among boys (3.9 (3.0 to 4.8)) versus girls (2.0 (1.2 to 2.7) min/day/year) despite lower MVPA among girls at all ages; rural (4.4 (3.5 to 5.2)) versus urban individuals (1.3 (0.4 to 2.3) min/day/year) and on weekends (6.7 (5.2 to 8.1)) versus weekdays (2.8 (1.9 to 3.7) min/day/year). MVPA was consistently lower among overweight/obese individuals (-17.5 (-3.9 to -2.5) min/day/year). CONCLUSIONS: PA decreases and is replaced by SED during early adolescence in British youth. Results indicate the urgency of PA promotion among all adolescents but especially girls and in rural areas. Increasing VPA and targeting PA promotion during weekends appear important.
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Recent English longitudinal studies using objective measures are consistent with the present study in suggesting that physical activity does not decline especially markedly at adolescence, and does not decline more markedly in girls than boys during adolescence.
“In summary, recent English longitudinal studies which used objective measures of physical activity are consistent with the present study in suggesting that physical activity does not decline especially markedly at adolescence, and does not decline more markedly in girls than boys during adolescence.”
From Timing of the decline in physical activity in childhood and adolescence: gateshead millennium cohort study (2018) · cites this paper as [6]
There is a widely held and influential view that physical activity begins to decline at adolescence, with the decline being much more marked in girls than boys.
“There is a widely held and influential view that physical activity begins to decline at adolescence.”
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- Authors
- Corder, K., Sharp, S. J., Atkin, A. J., Griffin, S. J., Jones, A. P., Ekelund, U., & van Sluijs, E. M. F.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Corder, Kirsten
- Venue
- British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2013-11-22
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 730-736
- ISSN
- 0306-3674 (ISSN-L)
- 1473-0480
- PMC
- PMC4453714
- OpenAlex
- W2165783305
- Cited by
- 220
- References
- 29
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- FWCI
- 9.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- British Journal of Sports Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- United Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration
- Cancer Research UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- British Heart Foundation
- Diabetes UK
- Centre for Diet and Activity Research
- Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
- Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12015/7, MC_UU_12015/4, MC_UU_12015, MR/K023187/1, MC_UU_12015/3)
- Economic and Social Research Council (ES/G007462/1)
- World Cancer Research Fund
- 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, adolescence, sedentary time, light physical activity, moderate physical activity, high-intensity exercise, accelerometer-measured activity, sex differences, urban-rural differences, overweight and obesity, weekend physical activity
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Exercise, Adolescent Development, Sedentary Behavior, Accelerometry
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