Los factores ambientales y su influencia en los patrones de actividad física en adolescentes. (The environmental factors and their influence in the patterns of physical activity in adolescents.)

Casterad, Javier Zaragoza; Puyal, José Ramón Serra; Gurrola, Oswaldo Ceballos; Lanaspa, Eduardo Genérelo; Ostáriz, Enrique Serrano; Clemente, José Antonio Julián

doi:10.5232/ricyde2006.00401

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“…Based on the suggestions of others (Baranowski & deMoor, 2000;Jago et al, 2005;Plasqui & Westerterp, 2004;Rowlands & Hughes, 2006;Trost et al, 2000), we also examined when Spanish adolescents were active and inactive. In line with previous research with Spanish samples (Cantera-Garde & Devı ´s-Devı ´s, 2000; Zaragoza et al, 2006), our sample showed higher activity during weekends than during weekdays. These findings are not necessarily compatible with those of studies from other countries.…”

Section: Seasonal and Weekday/weekend Variations In Physical Activitysupporting

confidence: 93%

“…Cantera‐Garde and Devís‐Devís (2000) reported a moderately high energy expenditure (38.70 kcal·kg −1 ·day −1 , s =4.40), with 42.8% of adolescents being “inactive” or “very inactive”. Similarly, adolescents from two cities in Northern Spain (Zaragoza et al ., 2006) displayed lower energy expenditure than the adolescents in our study (37.66 kcal·kg −1 ·day −1 , s =2.95 and 39.17 kcal·kg −1 ·day −1 , s =5.10, respectively), with 47% of adolescents being “inactive” or “very inactive” in the former and 39% in the latter. Studies from other countries using the same instrument also showed lower energy expenditures than the present study.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…In winter, adolescents were more '''active'' and ''moderately active'' than ''inactive'' (73.06% and 26.93%, respectively), with a greater percentage shown to be ''active'' adolescents. In the autumn, they were distributed more evenly between the ''active''/''mod- (Zaragoza et al, 2006) displayed lower energy expenditure than the adolescents in our study (37.66 kcal ×kg (1 ×day (1 , s 02.95 and 39.17 kcal ×kg (1 ×day (1 , s05.10, respectively), with 47% of adolescents being ''inactive'' or ''very inactive'' in the former and 39% in the latter. Studies from other countries using the same instrument also showed lower energy expenditures than the present study.…”

Section: Who Is Active or Inactive?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Findings contrasted with British samples indicate more physical activity during weekend days than weekdays. Also, activity was higher in spring than in winter (Cantera-Garde & Devı ´s-Devı ´s, 2002;Zaragoza et al, 2006).…”

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Variability of Spanish adolescents’ physical activity patterns by seasonality, day of the week and demographic factors

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Devís‐Devís

Beltrán-Carrillo

et al. 2008

European Journal of Sport Science

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In this study, we examined the variability of physical activity (and inactivity) patterns in relation to gender, age, type of school, day of the week, and season of the year among a sample of Spanish adolescents aged 12Á16 years. Levels of physical activity engagement, ''who'' was active/inactive, and ''when'' they were active/inactive were addressed. A Spanish translation and modification of Cale's Four by One-Day Physical Activity Questionnaire was administered by interviewer to 323 participants to measure estimated energy expenditure. Activity was assessed for two weekdays and two weekend days on two occasions during the autumn and two occasions during the winter. In an effort to better describe adolescents' active/inactive lifestyles, energy expenditures were translated into physical activity categories (i.e. active, moderately active, inactive, and very inactive). Results revealed that mean adolescent total daily energy expenditure was 41.46 kcal ×kg (1 ×day (1 (s 07.05), which corresponded to the ''active'' category. Factorial and mixed analyses of variance showed statistically significant differences in energy expenditure by gender, season, day of the week, and type of school (PB0.001). Female adolescents spent less daily energy than their male counterparts and, consequently, they were less active overall, even though they were more moderately active than boys. Participants were more active in winter than in autumn, which was largely due to the accumulation of time engaged in more lifestyle activities than differences in strenuous exercise. Adolescents were also less active on weekdays than during weekends. An interaction effect emerged for day of the week and type of school with adolescents attending public (or state) schools presenting higher daily energy expenditures than those from private schools during weekends (P B0.01). The results suggest that girls may prefer less vigorous forms of activity. They also indicate that adolescents are investing time in physical activity when they have the freedom to participate or not (i.e. weekends), in particular those from public schools. We suggest that differences in gender, seasonality, and weekends versus weekdays, together with the choice of lifestyle activities, should be considered when designing activity promotion strategies among Spanish adolescents.

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Section: Who Is Active or Inactive?mentioning

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European Journal of Sport Science

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“…The PA practice in our study shows that women do more moderate PA than men, as stated by [71]. However, men in general are more active in the moderate-vigorous PA [72,73].…”

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The Influence of Physical Activity, Diet, Weight Status and Substance Abuse on Students’ Self-Perceived Health

García

Agraso-López²,

Ramos-Morcillo

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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The objective of this study was to determine the level and relationship between the self-perceived health of adolescents in relation to the level of practice of physical activity, adherence to the Mediterranean diet, weight status and consumption of substance abuse, such as alcohol and tobacco. A total of 516 adolescent students between the ages of 12 and 16 completed a series of questionnaires to assess their health, physical activity, compliance with the Mediterranean diet and alcohol and tobacco consumption. Adolescents who practice more physical activity have better health and greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet. The level of health is higher among adolescents with greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet, evidencing better health among those who consume less tobacco. These results show the need to involve the educational community, families and the media to promote healthy lifestyle habits that can help physical activity and sports professionals in the development of theoretical–practical proposals aimed at improving the health of students.

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Improving Body Mass Index in Students with Excess Weight through a Physical Activity Programme

Scurt¹,

Balint

Mijaică

2022

Children

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The obesity epidemic among young people can be tackled through regular physical activity. For this purpose, we developed and implemented a physical activity programme (PAP) that we carried out in students’ free time during the school year 2018–2019. The target group consisted of 79 students with excess weight, aged between 12 and 15 years, selected from an initial sample of 495 students from 5 pre-university education units located in an urban area. That group followed a differentiated PAP for 26 weeks. The impact of the programme highlighted the following points: the average physical activity/week for the entire sample of subjects was 3.67 physical activities, with an allocated time/week ranging from 1 h 30 min to 3 h; in terms of effort intensity, 7.70% of the activities were performed at low intensity, 75.07% at medium intensity and 17.23% at submaximal intensity. At the end of the programme, out of 79 subjects who were overweight/obese at the initial testing, 37 improved their body composition at the final testing, with a healthy BMI. It was also found that there is a negative correlation coefficient (r = −0.23) between the time spent performing physical activities and the BMI of the subjects.

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Los factores ambientales y su influencia en los patrones de actividad física en adolescentes. (The environmental factors and their influence in the patterns of physical activity in adolescents.)

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Variability of Spanish adolescents’ physical activity patterns by seasonality, day of the week and demographic factors

Variability of Spanish adolescents’ physical activity patterns by seasonality, day of the week and demographic factors

The Influence of Physical Activity, Diet, Weight Status and Substance Abuse on Students’ Self-Perceived Health

Improving Body Mass Index in Students with Excess Weight through a Physical Activity Programme

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