Pedometer-Measured Physical Activity Patterns of Youth

Beets, Michael W.; Bornstein, Daniel B.; Beighle, Aaron; Cardinal, Bradley J.; Morgan, C. Lloyd

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2009.09.045

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“…Compared to other studies, boys and girls from European and Western Pacific region had significantly more steps · day -1 (weighted) than young people from the U. S. and Canada (Beets, Bornstein, Beighle, Cardinal, & Morgan, 2010).…”

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Decrease in weekend number of steps in adolescents

Vašíčková¹,

Frömel²,

Groffik³

et al. 2013

Acta Gymnica

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BACKGROUND:The activities with which young people spend the weekends do not support the prevalence of an active and healthy lifestyle enough. There are research evidence-based results that physical activity performed during weekend days is lower than physical activity in weekdays. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to find out to what extent young people achieve recommended levels of physical activity on weekends and to identify possible differences with regard to nationality or gender. METHODS: Research was realised between 2008 and 2011 at randomly selected schools in the Czech Republic and in Poland. The week long step count monitoring had 786 participants in the Czech Republic and 673 participants in Poland aged 15-16 years. The online system INDARES was used to answer questionnaires and gather data from pedometers. RESULTS: Results showed that young people on average record lower numbers of steps on weekends compared to schooldays (difference is 1,356 steps/day; F(1, 1458) = 147.61; p ≈ .000; ω 2 = .232***). The most critical day of the week is Sunday. The simplified recommended amount of 11,000 steps/day is achieved by 65.93% of Czech boys and 64.73% of Czech girls (49.28% of Polish boys and 42.92% of Polish girls) on schooldays, whereas only by 42.59% of Czech boys and 43.8% of Czech girls (40.1% of Polish boys and 39.27% of Polish girls) on weekends. There were no significant differences between boys and girls in terms of average number of steps per day. CONCLUSION: Reducing the weekend would certainly not secure effective advancement of physical activity and healthy lifestyle among young people, yet a change of their values and creating a habit of spending weekends actively is imperative. Use of the internet mainly in boys and use of pedometers mainly in girls are some of the tools to stimulate physical activity and healthy lifestyle in youth.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 75%

Decrease in weekend number of steps in adolescents

Vašíčková¹,

Frömel²,

Groffik³

et al. 2013

Acta Gymnica

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“…These include pedometers (step counters) and accelerometers, the latter of which can provide additional data on daily activity [6,7]. A result of improved accessibility and cost, the use of pedometers and accelerometers in clinical research has significantly increased over the past decade [8][9][10][11][12][13]. According to Gabel et al [14], thse types of devices that can count daily steps can serve as a broad monitoring tool of physical activity in different populations.…”

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confidence: 99%

Assessment of physical activity by pedometer in Polish preschool children

Czajka¹,

Sławińska²,

Kołodziej³

et al. 2018

Hum Mov.

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Purpose. The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the physical activity patterns of preschoolers aged 6-7 years. Methods. A sample of 221 preschool children (116 boys and 105 girls) aged 6 (5.92 ± 0.30) and 7 (6.91 ± 0.25) years was recruited. Physical activity was assessed over 7 consecutive days by using pedometers to determine step counts (steps/day). Accrued anthropometric data included height, mass, and bMI. Data were compared with ANOVA to determine any significant differences between age and sex groups and the part of the week (weekday/weekend); intergroup differences were evaluated with Fisher's LSD test. A < 0.05 level of significance was adopted for all statistical tests. Results. No significant differences were found between the age groups (6-and 7-year olds). Physical activity over the 7-day period was significantly greater in the boys (13318 ± 2354 steps/day) than girls (12300 ± 2750 steps/day). Mean weekday step counts were greater among boys (13800 ± 2458 steps/day) than girls (12587 ± 2802 steps/day); this difference was statistically significant. Mean weekend steps were 12112 ± 3467 and 11579 ± 3930 steps/ day for the boys and girls, respectively. Mean weekday steps were significantly greater (p < 0.001) than mean weekend steps in both groups. The recommendation of 12000 steps/day was met by 60.6% of the sample (69.0% boys, 51.4% girls). Conclusions. Sex differences in physical activity patterns were observed in the sample of preschool children. boys, compared with girls, were characterized with a higher physical activity level on both weekdays and weekend days. Physical activity for both sexes was lower on weekend days than weekdays. The results indicate the need for improved health literacy among parents on current recommended physical activity guidelines and the suitability of a pedometer-based assessment method.

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“…The educational level of the parents is related to children's participation in skill-based and physical activities [5,16,22,24,26,30,31]. It is probable that environmental factors have different impacts on the child's pattern of participation in different cultures [2,[32][33][34]. The way in which children spend their leisure time may vary across countries, influenced as it is by differences in municipal resources, public services and societal and parental expectations [32,35,36].…”

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confidence: 99%