Time Playing Outdoors Among Children Aged 3-5 Years: National Survey of Children's Health, 2021.

Autor: Dahl KL; Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Research Participation Program, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Electronic address: ptf0@cdc.gov., Chen TJ; Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; McKing Consulting Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia., Nakayama JY; Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia., West M; Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia., Hamner HC; Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia., Whitfield GP; Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia., Dooyema C; Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of preventive medicine [Am J Prev Med] 2024 Jun; Vol. 66 (6), pp. 1024-1034. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 19.
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.12.011
Abstrakt: Introduction: Federal guidelines recommend physical activity throughout the day for preschool-aged children. Time playing outdoors can support physical activity participation, health, and development. Estimates of time playing outdoors among U.S. children aged 3-5 years have not been published.
Methods: Parent/caregiver-reported data on children aged 3-5 years from the 2021 National Survey of Children's Health were analyzed in 2022-23. Chi-square tests were used to identify differences in time playing outdoors by sociodemographic and neighborhood characteristics. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted with significant characteristics for weekdays and weekend days.
Results: Among 11,743 children aged 3-5 years, 37% played outdoors for ≤1 hour on weekdays, and 24% played outdoors for ≤1 hour on weekend days. In 9 states, ≥40% of children played outdoors for ≤1 hour on weekdays. Adjusted models for weekdays and weekend days showed a greater likelihood of ≤1 hour playing outdoors among those in all racial/ethnic groups compared to non-Hispanic White, those who lived in metropolitan statistical areas, those who did not participate in child care, and those whose adult proxy disagreed with "we watch out for each other's children in this neighborhood." The weekday model showed additional differences by sex, with girls more likely to have ≤1 hour of time playing outdoors.
Conclusions: Nearly 40% of preschool-aged children play outdoors for ≤1 hour per day on weekdays, with differences by sociodemographic and neighborhood characteristics. Further study and interventions focused on building supportive, equitable communities might increase the amount of time preschool-aged children spend playing outdoors.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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