Measuring Temporal Differences in Rural Canadian Children's Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to measure the factors that influence children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during school curriculum time, recess time, and outside school time in a rural area. During the Fall and Winter of 2016, 34 boys and 55 girls aged 8-14 years from rural communities in rural Northwestern Ontario participated in the Spatial Temporal Environment and Activity Monitoring project. The children's MVPA was measured using an accelerometer, and child-level demographic, behavioral, and environmental data were gathered from surveys, passively logging global positioning units, and municipal datasets. Data on daily temperature and precipitation were gathered from the closest Environment Canada weather station. A mixed model was used to assess the relationship betw

SUBMITTER: Button BLG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7727807 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature