Time trends: a ten-year comparison (2005-2015) of pedometer-determined physical activity and obesity in Czech preschool children

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4944466/pdf/12889_2016_Article_3269.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4944466/pdf/12889_2016_Article_3269.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3269-5" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12889-016-3269-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Time trends: a ten-year comparison (2005-2015) of pedometer-determined physical activity and obesity in Czech preschool children

Original language description

Background: To explore the time trends (2005-2015) of pedometer-determined weekday and weekend physical activity (PA) and obesity prevalence in 4-7-year-old Czech preschool children and changes in proportion of kindergarten vs. leisure-time PA. Methods: The study compared data of two cross-sectional cohorts of preschool children (2005: 92 boys and 84 girls; 2015: 105 boys and 87 girls) in the Czech Republic, using the same measurements and procedures in both cases. PA was monitored by the Yamax Digiwalker SW-200 pedometer for at least eight continuous hours a day over seven consecutive days. Results: The steps/day (mean +- standard deviation) of preschoolers was significantly higher (p < 0.05) in 2015 (11,739 +- 4,229 steps/day) than in 2005 (10,922 +- 3,181 steps/day); and (p < 0.001) in boys (11,939 +- 3,855 steps/day) than in girls (10,668 +- 3,587 steps/day). In 2015, girls, but not boys, had a significantly (p < 0.01) greater step count on weekdays than in 2005, but not at weekends. A decline of leisure-time step counts on weekdays between 2005 and 2015 in girls (6,8652005 vs. 6,0592015, p < 0.01) and boys (7,8612005 vs. 6,4362015, p < 0.001) is compensated for by the increase of step counts in kindergarten (girls: 3,0582005 vs. 5,3302015, and boys: 4,0032005 vs. 5,9992015, p < 0.001). The prevalence of obesity was not significantly different either in 2005 or 2015 among preschool girls (7.14 % 2005 vs. 9.20 % 2015) or boys (6.52 % 2005 vs. 9.52 % 2015). Conclusion: The steps/day of preschoolers was higher in 2015 than in 2005; this higher level of PA was the result of increased PA in kindergartens over the last ten years, particularly among girls. Thus, the current PA program in kindergartens effectively compensates for the decline in PA in leisure-time of weekdays of non-obese and obese preschoolers compared to 2005 and 2015. Prevalence of obesity among Czech preschool children remains relatively stable between 2005 and 2015.

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

AK - Sport and leisure time activities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA16-14620S" target="_blank" >GA16-14620S: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BEHAVIOUR IN PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN: A THREE-COHORT STUDY OF CHILDREN AGED 4-12 YEARS</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

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

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

560

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

1-10

UT code for WoS article

000379711300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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