Examining associations between physical activity context and children meeting daily physical activity guidelines: the role of outdoor play, sports, and other organized activities.

Autor:	Pfledderer CD; Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston (UTHealth Houston) School of Public Health in Austin, Austin, TX, United States., Brown DMY; Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States., Ranjit N; Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston (UTHealth Houston) School of Public Health in Austin, Austin, TX, United States., Springer AE; Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston (UTHealth Houston) School of Public Health in Austin, Austin, TX, United States., Malkani RI; Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston School of Public Health in Austin, Austin, TX, United States., Salvo D; Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States., Hoelscher DM; Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston (UTHealth Houston) School of Public Health in Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2024 May 20; Vol. 12, pp. 1352644. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 20 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.3389/fpubh.2024.1352644
Abstrakt:	Background: Less than one-quarter of US children meet physical activity (PA) guidelines. Understanding the context in which PA occurs and how these contexts may play a role in meeting PA guidelines is an essential step toward developing effective behavioral interventions. The purpose of this study was to examine associations between PA context (sports participation, participation in other organized physical activities, active travel to school, and outdoor play) and the number of days children met PA guidelines in a representative sample of children living in Texas. Methods: We analyzed cross-sectional data from a statewide sample of fourth-grade children in Texas who completed the 2019-2020 Texas School Physical Activity and Nutrition (Texas SPAN) survey. The Texas SPAN survey was designed to monitor the statewide prevalence of overweight/obesity among school children and assess habitual self-reported obesity-related behaviors, including diet and PA. Weighted Poisson regression models were employed to examine the associations between PA contexts (sports participation, participation in other organized physical activities, active travel to school, and outdoor play) and the number of days children met PA guidelines, adjusting for sex, race/ethnicity, overweight/obesity, urban-rural status, and economic disadvantage. Results: A total of 16.7% of fourth-grade children met physical activity guidelines every day during the week (mean age = 9.4 ± 0.6 years; female = 48.7, 51.8% Hispanic, mean days meeting PA guideline = 3.6 ± 2.3 days). One in ten (11.2%) children did not meet daily PA guidelines on any day of the week, and 72.1% met them between 1 and 6 days. Participating in sports (b = 0.22, 95%CI:0.14, 0.30), any other organized physical activities (b=0.13, 95%CI:0.017, 0.19), and playing outdoors 1-3 days (b = 0.25, 95%CI:0.04, 0.46) and 4-7 days in the past week (b = 0.77, 95%CI:0.57, 0.97) was significantly and positively associated with the number of days children met PA guidelines. Conclusion: Participating in sports, participating in other organized physical activities, and playing outdoors may beneficially influence the number of days children meet PA guidelines. PA programs should consider these contextual factors and investigate how to promote organized activities and outdoor play effectively and appropriately among children. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2024 Pfledderer, Brown, Ranjit, Springer, Malkani, Salvo and Hoelscher.)
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