Does school-based physical activity decrease overweight and obesity in children aged 6-9 years? A two-year non-randomized longitudinal intervention study in the Czech republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-570" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-570</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-570" target="_blank" >10.1186/1471-2458-12-570</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Does school-based physical activity decrease overweight and obesity in children aged 6-9 years? A two-year non-randomized longitudinal intervention study in the Czech republic

Original language description

This study assessed whether augmenting physical activity (PA) within the school setting resulted in increased daily PA and decreased overweight/obesity levels in 6-9-year-old children. Across the first to third primary school years, PA of 84 girls and 92boys was objectively monitored five times (each for seven successive days) using Yamax pedometer and Caltrac accelerometer. Four schools were selected to participate in the research (2 intervention, 2 controls), comprising intervention (43 girls, 45 boys) and control children (41 girls, 47 boys). There was a significant increase of school-based PA during schooldays in intervention children (1718-3247 steps per day; and 2.1-3.6 Kcal/Kg per day) in comparison with the control children. Increased school-based PA of intervention children during schooldays contributed to them achieving }10,500 steps and }10.5 Kcal/Kg per school day and significantly (p{0.005) contributed to decrease the ratio of overweight or obese children in intervention

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AM - Pedagogy and education

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

BMC Public Health

ISSN

1471-2458

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

570

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

1-13

UT code for WoS article

000311952700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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