Examining the impact of a province-wide physical education policy on secondary students’ physical activity as a natural experiment

Autor: Erin Hobin, Tannis Erickson, Melisa Comte, Fei Zuo, Saamir Pasha, Donna Murnaghan, Steve Manske, Catherine Casey, Jane Griffith, Jonathan McGavock

Publikováno v: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2017)

Abstract Background The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of a province-wide physical education (PE) policy on secondary school students’ moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Methods Policy: In fall 2008, Manitoba expanded a

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Examining the impact of a province-wide physical education policy on secondary students’ physical activity as a natural experiment

Autor: Tannis Erickson, Erin Hobin, Catherine Casey, Fei Zuo, Melisa Comte, Donna Murnaghan, Jane Griffith, Jonathan McGavock, Steve Manske, Saamir Pasha

Publikováno v: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2017)
The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of a province-wide physical education (PE) policy on secondary school students’ moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Policy: In fall 2008, Manitoba expanded a policy requiring a PE credit

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12966-017-0550-7

Patterns of weekday and weekend physical activity in youth in 2 Canadian provinces

Autor: Melisa, Comte, Erin, Hobin, Sumit R, Majumdar, Ronald C, Plotnikoff, Geoff D C, Ball, Jonathan, McGavock, Donna, Murnaghan

Publikováno v: Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 38:115-119

Few Canadian children are meeting physical activity (PA) guidelines for optimal growth and health. There is little information describing the patterns of PA among Canadian youth, so it is difficult to determine where the deficits occur. The purpose o

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https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2012-0100

Trajectories of Objectively Measured Physical Activity among Secondary Students in Canada in the Context of a Province-Wide Physical Education Policy: A Longitudinal Analysis

Autor: Laura C. Rosella, Steve Manske, Jonathan McGavock, Jannice So, Erin Hobin, Melisa Comte

Publikováno v: Journal of Obesity, Vol 2014 (2014)
Journal of Obesity

Lower levels of physical activity are associated with childhood obesity. School physical education (PE) policies have been identified as critical to improve child and adolescent physical activity levels but there has been little evaluation of such po

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https://doaj.org/article/cc373bf1c35e4605a4262af4cfb64f79

Objectively measured physical activity levels in adolescents: baseline data from Manitoba Investigating Physical activity in secondary students (MIPAss)

Autor: BPE, Melisa Comte, Hobin, Erin, Casey, Catherine, Griffith, Carly Leggett BKin, Jane, BEd, Heather Willoughby, Veugelers, Paul, EdD, Steve Manske, McGavock, Jonathan, MIPASS, Investigators

Publikováno v: In Canadian Journal of Diabetes 2008 32(4):399-400