Adolescents' Sports and Exercise Environments in a U.S. Time Use Survey

Dunton, Genevieve F.; Berrigan, David; Ballard‐Barbash, Rachel; Perna, Frank M.; Graubard, Barry I.; Atienza, Audie A.

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2010.03.022

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“…The high variation observed in adolescents is probably due to the adolescents’ schedule which differs from that of adults: that is, their time outdoors and daily rhythms are completely different. The difference between boys and girls could be due to the amount of time spent in outdoor activities, that is, boys spent more time than girls (40.9 vs 28.2 min/day), representing a higher sensitivity to change 53 54. In this context, the PA of boys on free days was influenced by temperature, rainfall, sunlight duration and length of day, whereas PA by girls on free days was only influenced by sunlight duration, indicating that girls were more engaged in PA when the sun shone.…”

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Influence of meteorological conditions on physical activity in adolescents

Béghin

Vanhelst

Drumez

et al. 2020

J Epidemiol Community Health

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BackgroundIt has been shown that meteorological conditions and season affect physical activity (PA) during adolescence. Today, meteorological conditions have never been combined to study their influence on PA level in a single sample of a large adolescent multicountries population. The aim of this study was to explore the influence of meteorological conditions on PA in adolescents from several European countries.MethodsThe study included 2024 healthy adolescents aged 12.5–17.4 years who participated in the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence cross-sectional study. Participants wore a uniaxial accelerometer for 7 consecutive days to measure total PA and moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in a one-off measurement manner. Comparison of PA according to meteorological conditions was done using linear mixed models.ResultsThe highest difference of MVPA was observed in boys on free days when comparing the best meteorological conditions versus the worse (ie, +39% with highest temperature, +29% without rainfall, +39% with highest sunlight duration and +21% with highest length of day) and in girls on free days (ie, +26% with highest sunlight duration). This increase in MVPA contributed to a simultaneous increase in total PA when considering the same meteorological condition parameters.ConclusionsMeteorological conditions act as a determinant of PA differentially between boys and girls. PA and MVPA in boys are mainly modified by meteorological conditions on free days whereas PA and MVPA in girls are modified by sunlight duration.

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Influence of meteorological conditions on physical activity in adolescents

Béghin

Vanhelst

Drumez

et al. 2020

J Epidemiol Community Health

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“…Girls may have more restrictions with respect to accessibility, time, peers, psychology, and knowledge of PA than boys [70], as well as lower self-confidence and self-esteem in PA and sports activities [71]. For safety reasons, parents might allow boys to have more outdoor exercise than girls [72]. Moreover, interest in exercise is lower among girls than boys [73], and the expectation to participate in physical exercise is significantly higher for boys than girls [74].…”

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Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents at Altitudes over 3500 Meters: A Cross-Sectional Study in Tibet

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Chao-qun

Sun

et al. 2019

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There is a scarcity of studies on the physical activity (PA) of children and adolescents who live at high altitudes. This study aimed to objectively assess PA of children and adolescents living in the Tibet at altitudes over 3500 m and to examine its difference by ethnicity, gender, age/grade, and body weight status groups. A sample of 397 students aged 9–18 years were recruited from 7 schools in Lhasa, Tibet. PA was measured using accelerometers (ActiGraph GT3X) for seven consecutive days and moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) was identified using the Evenson (2008) cut-points. Participant MVPA was 62.3 min/day, with 65.5 min/day during weekdays and 54.1 min/day on weekends. Indigenous Tibetans were more active than Hans, and boys had more MVPA than girls. Age had a significantly weak negative correlation with MVPA. There was no significant difference in MVPA between the non-overweight and overweight/obese groups. Overall, only 9.1% (13.8% in boys and 4.5% in girls) accumulated at least 60 min of MVPA per day. Compared to their counterparts in other regions, the daily MVPA of children and adolescents living on the Tibetan Plateau at altitudes over 3500 m was relatively high. However, the proportion of meeting the WHO’s PA recommendations was extremely low.

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“…Previous research using ecological momentary assessment indicated that most 14-year-old adolescents reported to be physically active in the company of friends, followed by classmates and family members. Furthermore, the company with whom the greatest proportion of walking occurred was with friends or alone [ 74 , 75 ]. In this study, only the accompaniment with siblings was associated with more time in POS, whereas no associations were found between the accompaniment and physical activity in POS.…”

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Factors related with public open space use among adolescents: a study using GPS and accelerometers

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BackgroundLow physical activity levels and high levels of sedentary time among adolescents call for population wide interventions. Public open spaces can be important locations for adolescents’ physical activity. This study aimed to describe the prevalence, frequency and context of public open space visitation and to gain insight into the individual, social and physical environmental factors associated with public open space use among 12- to 16-year-old Flemish (Belgian) adolescents.MethodsGlobal positioning system devices, accelerometers and one-on-one interviews were used to measure location-specific activity levels, time spent at, reasons for using and accompaniment at public open spaces among 173 adolescents. Multilevel hurdle and gamma models were used to estimate the associations between the independent variables (age, gender, ethnicity, education, sport club membership and accompaniment) and the amount of time, sedentary time, light-, moderate- to vigorous- and vigorous-intensity physical activity at public open spaces.ResultsThree out of four participants had visited a public open space (for recreational purposes) and participants were most often accompanied by friends/classmates. Mainly public transportation stops/stations were used, and subsequently the most reported reason for public open space use was “to wait for something or someone”. Furthermore, boys, younger adolescents, non-western-European adolescents and lower educated adolescents were more likely to use public open spaces. Additionally, boys and younger adolescents were more likely to accumulate physical activity at public open spaces. The only social environmental variable associated with time spent at public open spaces was accompaniment by siblings: adolescents spent more time at public open spaces when accompanied by their siblings.ConclusionsPublic open spaces may be effective areas to promote physical activity among groups at risk for physical inactivity (i.e. low educated and non-western-European adolescents). Additionally, girls and older adolescents were less likely to visit and be physically active at public open spaces. Therefore, urban planners should consider adding attractive features, in order to encourage physical activity among girls and older adolescents at public open spaces. Furthermore, creating public open spaces that are attractive for youth of all ages could contribute to adolescents visiting public open spaces accompanied by siblings.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12942-018-0123-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Adolescents' Sports and Exercise Environments in a U.S. Time Use Survey

Cited by 12 publications

References 28 publications

Influence of meteorological conditions on physical activity in adolescents

Influence of meteorological conditions on physical activity in adolescents

Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents at Altitudes over 3500 Meters: A Cross-Sectional Study in Tibet

Factors related with public open space use among adolescents: a study using GPS and accelerometers

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