Adolescent physical activity during school days: a comparative study before and after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F25%3A73631161" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/25:73631161 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1488153/full" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1488153/full</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1488153" target="_blank" >10.3389/fpubh.2025.1488153</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Adolescent physical activity during school days: a comparative study before and after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
Original language description
Background Physical activity (PA) during the school day is crucial for the health and well-being of adolescents. This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth PA patterns to better understand these changes and to provide guidelines for school programming.Methods Differences in PA within specific segments of the school day were examined before and after the pandemic using the Youth Activity Profile questionnaire. Participants included 956 boys and 1,317 girls from 21 high schools. The study involved 12 Czech and 9 Polish high schools before the pandemic and 9 Czech and 8 Polish high schools after the pandemic.Results Both Czech and Polish boys and girls exhibited significantly less transportation PA to and from school and reduced PA during the school day after the pandemic compared to before. Additionally, Czech and Polish boys were significantly less physically active during school breaks, and Czech boys and girls had notably less PA during physical education lessons. The pandemic disrupted the habit of regular PA on school days, particularly evident in the decline of PA to and from school.Conclusion The study confirms a significant difference in PA of Czech and Polish adolescents in various segments of the school day after students return to school following pandemic restrictions. Promoting achievement of the recommendations in the segments of the school day and in comprehensive school PA programs should be an important part of school health and education policy and public health promotion for adolescents.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30306 - Sport and fitness sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Frontiers in Public Health
ISSN
2296-2565
e-ISSN
2296-2565
Volume of the periodical
13
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Březen 2025
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
nestránkováno
UT code for WoS article
001454481300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105001394221