Increasing specificity of correlate research: exploring correlates of children's lunchtime and after-school physical activity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lunchtime and after-school contexts are critical windows in a school day for children to be physically active. While numerous studies have investigated correlates of children's habitual physical activity, few have explored correlates of physical activity occurring at lunchtime and after-school from a social-ecological perspective. Exploring correlates that influence physical activity occurring in specific contexts can potentially improve the prediction and understanding of physical activity. Using a context-specific approach, this study investigated correlates of children's lunchtime and after-school physical activity.

Methods

Cross-sectional data were collected from 423 South Australian children aged 10.0-13.9 years (200 boys; 223 girls) attending 10 differen

SUBMITTER: Stanley RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4014506 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature