Daily School Physical Activity Is Associated with Higher Level of Physical Activity Independently of Other Socioecological Factors.

ABSTRACT: Only one fifth of children aged 11-17 years are physically active for 60 min (min)/day. As physical activity (PA) levels track from childhood to adulthood, it is important to establish healthy PA behavior early in life. This study aims to evaluate whether daily school PA is associated with objectively measured PA independently of other socioecological factors. This study includes 209 children (120 boys) aged 9.8 ± 0.6 (mean ± SD) years from four government-funded schools in Sweden. One school including 113 children (70 boys) had 40 min of daily school PA (intervention) and three schools including 96 children (50 boys) had 60 min of school PA/week (control). PA was measured during four serial days with accelerometers. General PA (GPA) was defined as mean counts per minute (cpm). Socioecolog

SUBMITTER: Lahti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7466690 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature