Number of steps and sedentary time during two weekdays and two weekend days in 7–10 years old children who did not meet steps/day recommendation

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Number of steps and sedentary time during two weekdays and two weekend days in 7–10 years old children who did not meet steps/day recommendation

Original language description

Purpose: In the recent years, children spend most of their waking hours in a sedentary state or in a low level of physical activity (PA), and that might put them at risk of many noncommunicable diseases. Identifying the specific time segment in the week when children show a lack of physical activity and knowledge about proportion of time children spend sedentary is crucial and helpful in organization and development of public health intervention strategies. The aim of this study was to assess the difference between two weekdays and two weekend days considering the number of steps and percentage of time children spent sedentary during waking hours. Further, we investigated the level of correlation between steps/day and sedentary time. Methods: One hundred and ninety-seven 7–10 years old children, from four elementary schools located in Olomouc, Czech Republic, who did not meet steps/day recommendation, were enrolled in this study. The number of steps and time spent sedentary were monitored for four consecutive days including two weekend days by ActiGraph accelerometers (GT3X, GT3X+). Paired t-test was used to assess differences in steps/day and sedentary time between two weekdays and two weekend days and between Sunday and Saturday. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to assess association between steps/day and percentage of time children spent sedentary. Results: Both boys and girls were significantly more active and took on average two thousand more steps on weekdays compared to weekend. Children from both genders took significantly less steps (p &lt; .001) on Sunday than on Saturday. While there was no significant difference between weekdays and weekend days in percentage of time girls spent sedentary, boys spent a slightly larger percentage of time in the sedentary behaviour during weekdays (p = .009). Both boys (p = .005) and girls (p &lt; .001) spent a significantly larger percentage of their waking time in sedentary activity on Sunday compared to Saturday. Time spent sedentary is negatively related to steps/day during in both time sequences, weekdays and weekend, among both genders. The strongest correlation coefficient was found in girls during the weekend (r = -.73). Conclusion: Based on the findings in this study, there is no big differences between two weekdays and two weekend days in percentage of time children spent sedentary. 748 Children from the current study were less physically active and took less steps during the weekend, while Sunday was the most inactive day. Percentage of time children spent sedentary during waking hours is negatively related to steps/day during both time sequences, weekdays and weekend, in both genders. These findings suggest that the weekend is a crucial time in planning additional activities for increasing PA, while there is a need for decreasing the time children spent in sedentary activity during every day of week.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Kinanthroplogy

ISBN

978-80-210-8917-4

ISSN

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e-ISSN

neuvedeno

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

747-758

Publisher name

Masarykova univerzita

Place of publication

Brno

Event location

Brno

Event date

Nov 29, 2017

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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