Determinants of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in German Elementary School Physical Education Lessons.

ABSTRACT: Physical activity (PA) in school physical education (PE) is a signature component of health promotion and health education. The study's aim was to explore PA levels and sedentary time in German elementary school PE lessons and relate them to selected personal and environmental PA determinants. Accelerometer measurements were collected from 328 students (47% male, mean age 8.7 ± 1.2 years) in 11 elementary schools in Baden-Wuerttemberg (Germany). PA levels and sedentary time were analyzed regarding gender, grade, body mass index, selected correlates of active living and health behaviors, as well as the PE teachers' PE education status. In line with previous research, the analyses of PA levels and sedentary time confirm gender and grade differences and highlight older girls as the less activ

SUBMITTER: Jaitner D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7739767 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature