The association between participation in organised physical activity and level of physical activity and inactivity in adolescent girls

Frömel, Karel; Pelclová, Jana; Skalik, Krzysztof; Lokvencová, Petra Nováková; Mitáš, Josef

doi:10.5507/ag.2012.001

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“…According our findings substantial part of boys and girls are not participating in MVPA as recommended. This is in line with previous other findings from the Czech Republic (Frömel, Pelclová, Skalik, Nováková-Lokvencová, & Mitáš, 2012; and Central European region (Bergier, Kapka-Skrzypczak, Bilinski, Paprzycki, & Wojtyla, 2012;Biddle et al, 2009;Hamar, Biddle, Soos, Takacs, & Huszar, 2010;Hoffmann, Bryl, Marcinkowski, Strazynska, & Pupek-Musialik, 2011;Soos et al, 2012). Although the minimum recommended daily step count is not achieved by a non-negligible part of the Czech adolescent population, they are still considered active walkers .…”

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Physical activity of Czech adolescents: Findings from the HBSC 2010 study

Kalman

Hamřík²,

Sigmund³

et al. 2015

Acta Gymnica

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Background: It is well described that moderate-to-vigorous physical activity improves the health status of children and adolescents. Thus, monitoring the levels of physical activity together with the motives to perform is critical for future programs aiming to enhance physical activity in youth and young adults in the Czech Republic and further afield in other Central and Eastern European nations that are in transition. Objective: The aim of this study is to provide basic overview about moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), vigorous physical activity (VPA) and motives to physical activity of Czech adolescents on the basis of gender and age group. Methods: Data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study conducted in May-June 2010 in the Czech Republic. The sample consisted of 4,385 Czech pupils (48.5% boys; age 11, n = 418; age 13, n = 1,449; age 15, n = 1,518). Chi-square test of independence was used to provide basic comparison on basis of gender and age groups. Results: A substantial part of boys and girls are not participating in MVPA and VPA as recommended. MVPA and VPA among girls significantly decreased from age 11 to age 15. Boys compared to girls reported significantly more moderate-tovigorous and vigorous physical activities in all age groups, except 11 years old adolescents where the level of MVPA among girls and boys did not differ. Girls appear to be more influenced by social motives. Importance of these motives became higher with increasing age. Achievement motivation for physical activity is more important for boys and it also is increasing with age. Conclusions: Better understanding of the motives for physical activity as well as gender and age based differences in physical activity levels can significantly contribute to better planning of national and local intervention promoting active living.

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Physical activity of Czech adolescents: Findings from the HBSC 2010 study

Kalman

Hamřík²,

Sigmund³

et al. 2015

Acta Gymnica

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“…The number of steps recorded, which can indicate the level of physical activity performed is lower during weekends than on school days in adolescents (Frömel, Pelclová, Skalik, Nováková-Lokvencová, & Mitáš, 2012;Pelclová, El Ansari, & Vašíčková, 2010) and even lower than on school days with PE lessons. There exist some exceptions, such as children who are members of some sport club or team and participate in matches or tournaments during the weekend.…”

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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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“…The main focus of 65 studies (84%) were schoolchildren, while 12 (16%) studies focused on preschoolers. There were 4 studies that targeted only girls [28,[62][63][64]] and 2 only boys [65,66]. Only 10 studies explicitly stated that their aim was to test compensation [28,[67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75] and, of these studies, 2 speci cally mentioned the ActivityStat hypothesis [71,74].…”

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Compensation or displacement of physical activity in children and adolescents—A systematic review of empirical studies

Beck

Engel

Reimers

2021

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Background: Regular physical activity during childhood and adolescence is associated with health benefits. Consequently, numerous health promotion programs for children and adolescents emphasize the enhancement of physical activity. However, the ActivityStat hypothesis states that increases in physical activity in one domain are compensated for by decreasing physical activity in another domain. Currently, little is known about how physical activity varies in children and adolescents within intervals of one and multiple days. Objectives: This systematic review provides an overview of studies that analyze changes in (overall) physical activity, which are assessed with objective measurements, or compensatory mechanisms caused by increases or decreases in physical activity in a specific domain in children and adolescents.Methods: A systematic search of electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, SportDiscus) was performed with a priori defined inclusion criteria. Two independent researchers screened the literature and identified and rated the methodological quality of the studies. Results: A total of 77 peer-reviewed articles were included that analyze compensatory mechanisms with multiple methodological approaches. Of 40,829 participants, 16,265 indicated compensation associated with physical activity. Subgroup analyses separated by study design, participants, measurement instrument, physical activity context, and intervention duration also showed mixed results toward indication of compensation. Quality assessment of the included studies revealed high quality (mean = 0.866).Conclusion: This review provides inconclusive results about compensation in relation to physical activity. A trend toward increased compensation in interventional studies and in interventions of longer duration can be observed.

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The association between participation in organised physical activity and level of physical activity and inactivity in adolescent girls

Cited by 11 publications

References 44 publications

Physical activity of Czech adolescents: Findings from the HBSC 2010 study

Physical activity of Czech adolescents: Findings from the HBSC 2010 study

Decrease in weekend number of steps in adolescents

Compensation or displacement of physical activity in children and adolescents—A systematic review of empirical studies

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