Expected Values for Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity in Youth

Tudor‐Locke, Catrine; McClain, James J.; Hart, Teresa L.; Sisson, Susan B.; Washington, Tracy L.

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“…Tudor-Locke et al established a range of steps taken during the school day with boys averaging 6700 to 7600 steps and girls averaging 4900 to 6100 steps. 14 In our study sample, fewer than 1% (n = 6) of all students reached the Tudor-Locke et al' s 14 lower cut points for average number of steps taken during the school day for boys and girls. Although students in our study took more steps on days with PE and outdoor recess, this number was still substantially less than the lower cut point for PA during the school day established by Tudor-Locke et al 14 BMI-referenced standards for recommended pedometer-determined steps per day have been established in an international sample of children.…”

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“…12 In a review, Tudor-Locke et al used 3 studies to establish a range of average number of pedometerdetermined steps for boys and girls during a school day: 6700 to 7600 steps for boys and 4900 to 6100 steps for girls. 9,[13][14][15] Only 1 of these studies was conducted in the United States, and it had a small sample size (n = 81) of predominantly Caucasian sixth-grade students. 9 Our literature review found no US studies that evaluated pedometerdetermined PA levels during the school day in kindergarten and first-grade minority students attending urban elementary schools.…”

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Physical Activity During School in Urban Minority Kindergarten and First-Grade Students

Reznik

Wylie‐Rosett²,

Kim

et al. 2013

Pediatrics

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Physical inactivity is one of the major modifiable factors contributing to the growing national epidemic of childhood obesity. There is lack of literature on pedometer-determined physical activity (PA) during the school day in US minority kindergarten and first-grade students. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:This is the first study to assess schoolday PA in US urban minority kindergarten and first-grade students. Higher grade level, participation in physical education class, and outdoor recess were found to be independent predictors of PA. abstract OBJECTIVES: To determine if physical activity (PA) during the school day varied by school, grade level, gender, weight status, and physical education (PE) and recess participation among urban kindergarten and first-grade students.METHODS: Cross-sectional study at 4 Bronx, NY, schools. Student PA was measured by a Yamax Digi-Walker pedometer, an objective and validated measure of PA in children. Each student wore a sealed pedometer during school for 5 consecutive days. Hierarchical models were fit to identify variables predictive of PA.RESULTS: A total of 916 had valid pedometer data (53% male, 70% Hispanic, mean age 5.98 years [SD 0.66], 45% overweight). PA varied by school (P , .0001). First-grade students took a significantly greater mean number of steps during school than kindergarten students. Overall, students took an average of 2479.7 (SD 961.8) steps/school day. PA did not differ by BMI status. Students took on average 724 more steps on PE days than on non-PE days and 490 more steps on days with outdoor recess than nonrecess days (P , .05 for both). Fewer than 1% of all students achieved lower cut points for previously published mean range of steps/school day for boys and girls. Multivariable analysis revealed higher grade level, participation in PE class, and outdoor recess as independent predictors of PA.CONCLUSIONS: PA levels were low in kindergarten and first-grade students. Future interventions incorporating classroom-based PA and outdoor recess may increase PA in resource-poor urban schools with limited PE facilities. Pediatrics 2013;131:e81-e87 AUTHORS:

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Physical Activity During School in Urban Minority Kindergarten and First-Grade Students

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Wylie‐Rosett²,

Kim

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Pediatrics

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“…For example, August is often considered a high outdoor activity month in much of the country and in this community the warmest month of the year (temperatures regularly over 100ºF, therefore, perhaps limiting PA opportunities. Lastly, spring levered pedometers, although the most widely used pedometer in the pediatric literature [43] have been shown to underestimate steps in overweight and obese adults [12], something that is important to consider when 70% of the current sample are classified as overweight or obese (perhaps future studies could use piezoelectric pedometers of accelerometers to confirm findings).…”

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Seasonal variation of American Indian children’s school-day physical activity

Brusseau

Kulinna

Kloeppel

et al. 2012

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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SummaryStudy aim: To examine the pedometer steps taken during the school-day by American Indian children during all four seasons. Material and methods: Participants included third-sixth grade children (n = 157) aged 9.6±1.07 (boys) and 9.7±1.2 (girls) attending school from one Southwestern US American Indian community. Children had a mean BMI of 23.9±7.7 with 70% being classified as overweight or obese. Children wore a pedometer (Yamax Digiwalker SW-200) for 20 days (5 days per season). Results: Children accumulated 4762±1544 (boys) and 4408±1194 (girls) steps/day across the four seasons with the highest totals occurring during the Fall (4899, males; 4796, females) and the lowest totals during the Winter (4463, males; 4043, females). Repeated measures ANOVA showed no significant differences in daily school-day steps across seasons. Children classified as normal weight averaged 5146±1688 steps/day, overweight children averaged 5020±1333 steps/day, and obese children accumulated 4275±1123 steps/day. Conclusions: PA stayed relatively consistent across seasons in this sample of children. However, children were the least active during Winter months. With 70% of the current sample being classified as overweight and with American Indian children at greater risk for numerous hypokinetic diseases there is a clear need for additional school-day PA opportunities.

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“…Unfortunately, the level of PA decreases along with age (Riddoch et al, 2004;Tudor-Locke, McClain, Hart, Sisson, & Washington, 2009). Pre-schoolers are more physically active than adolescents and young adults both on school and weekend days (Sigmund, Des Ste Croix, Miklánková, & Frömel, 2007).…”

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School and weekend physical activity of 15-16 year-old Czech, Slovak and Polish adolescents

Lokvencová¹,

Frömel²,

Chmelík³

et al. 2011

Acta Gymnica

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BACKGROUND:When it comes to physical activity, adolescents are the group at the highest risk. When monitoring physical activity in adolescents, it is necessary to diff erentiate school and weekend days. School days are crucial in adolescents' weekly physical activity.OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to identify to what extent the school day and weekend physical activity levels diff er in Czech, Polish and Slovak boys and girls with diff erent cultural and education backgrounds in Central Europe. METHODS:The research was carried out in the Czech Republic in Moravia (11 schools, 383 participants), in Po land in the Katowice region (11 schools, 327 participants) and in Slovakia in the Prešov region (8 schools, 252 par ticipants). In total, 421 boys and 541 girls participated in the study. Participants wore YAMAX pedometers for seven days and recorded measured values onto a record sheet and into the internet Indares system. The results were processed using repeated ANOVA analyses and contingent charts.RESULTS: Czech, Polish, and Slovak boys and girls showed a signifi cantly higher number of steps on school days than on weekend days. No diff erence between boys and girls was found on any day of the week in any of the states. The lowest number of steps was found, both in girls and boys, on Sundays. The highest number of daily steps was measured in Czech boys (n = 14,015 steps × day ) on Fridays. CONCLUSIONS: Boys and girls in all three states were more physically active on school days than on weekend days. Wearing pedometers eliminated the diff erences between weekly physical activity in boys and girls in the Czech Republic, Poland and in Slovakia. Under Central European conditions, it was proven that wearing pedometers positively infl uences physical activity in girls.

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Expected Values for Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity in Youth

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Physical Activity During School in Urban Minority Kindergarten and First-Grade Students

Physical Activity During School in Urban Minority Kindergarten and First-Grade Students

Seasonal variation of American Indian children’s school-day physical activity

School and weekend physical activity of 15-16 year-old Czech, Slovak and Polish adolescents

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