The Weather Impact on Physical Activity of 6-12 Year Old Children: A Clustered Study of the Health Oriented Pedagogical Project (HOPP).

ABSTRACT: It is commonly known that children do not engage in a sufficient amount of physical activity. Weather conditions and day length may influence physical activity of children. Little is known about the relationship between physical activity and seasons. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between weather conditions and physical activity in 6-12 year old children based on hip-worn Actigraph wGT3X-BT accelerometer data. The study sample consisted of 2015 subjects aged 6-12 years from the Health Oriented Pedagogical Project (HOPP) study carried out in Horten municipality and Akershus county, Norway. Six days of sedentary and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity data was gathered in January-June and September-October, 2015, presented as daily averages. The acceleromet

SUBMITTER: Kharlova I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7022780 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature