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Organized Sport Participation Is Associated with Higher Levels of Overall Health-Related Physical Activity in Children (CHAMPS Study-DK)
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INTRODUCTION: Many children fail to meet international guideline recommendations for health-related activity (≥60 minutes/day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity [MVPA]), and intervention studies to date have reported negligible effects. OBJECTIVE: Explore the associations of organized leisure-time sport participation with overall physical activity levels and health-related physical activity guideline concordance. METHODS: This prospective cohort study was nested in the Childhood Health, Activity, and Motor Performance School Study Denmark. Study participants were a representative sample of 1124 primary school students. Organized leisure-time sport participation was reported via text messaging and physical activity was objectively measured over seven days with accelerometry. Associations between sport participation and physical activity level were explored with multilevel mixed-effects regression models and reported with beta coefficients (b) and adjusted odds ratios (aOR). RESULTS: Participants were 53% female, with mean(SD) age = 8.4(1.4) years. Boys were more active than girls (p<0.001), and physical activity levels and guideline concordance decreased with age (p<0.001). Soccer participation at any frequency was associated with greater overall MVPA (b[95% CI] = 0.66[0.20,1.13] to 2.44[1.44,3.44]). Depending on participation frequency, this equates to 5-20 minutes more MVPA on the average day and 3 to 15 fold increased odds of achieving recommended levels of health-related physical activity (aOR[95%CI] = 3.04[1.49,6.19] to 14.49[1.97,106.56]). Similar associations were identified among children playing handball at least twice per week. Relationships with other sports (gymnastics, basketball, volleyball) were inconsistent. CONCLUSIONS: Many children, particularly girls and those in higher grade levels do not adhere to health-related physical activity recommendations. Organized leisure-time sport participation may be a viable strategy to increase overall health-related physical activity levels and international guideline concordance in children.
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“In a recent study of Danish primary school students [22], differences in objectively assessed physical activity between sports participants and their non-sporting peers were large for soccer and handball.”
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“However, participation in basketball, volleyball and gymnastics contributed little to overall physical activity levels, and students participating in these sports were no more likely to meet physical activity guidelines than non-sporting youth [22].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hebert, J. J., Møller, N. C., Andersen, L. B., & Wedderkopp, N.
- Affiliations
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Venue
- PLOS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2015-08-11
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- e0134621
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4532417
- OpenAlex
- W1765938683
- Cited by
- 151
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 6
- FWCI
- 7.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) (publishedVersion)
- BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)) (acceptedVersion)
- Murdoch University Research Portal (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Funders
- Gigtforeningen
- Nordisk Institut for Kiropraktik og Klinisk Biomekanik
- Nordea-fonden
- Syddansk Universitet
- TrygFonden
- Egmont Fonden
- IMK Almene Fond
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Recreational Sport and Physical Activity
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Keywords
- organized sports participation, recreational sports, children, health-related physical activity, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, physical activity guidelines, soccer, handball, sex differences, age differences, elementary school students, accelerometer-measured activity
- MeSH terms
- Child, Female, Health, Humans, Leisure Activities, Male, Motor Activity, Prospective Studies, Sex Factors, Sports, Time Factors, Cohort Studies, Health Behavior
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