Investigating young children's physical activity through time and place.

IF 3 2区 医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH International Journal of Health Geographics Pub Date : 2024-05-14 DOI:10.1186/s12942-024-00373-8
T Remmers, P Koolwijk, I Fassaert, J Nolles, W de Groot, S B Vos, S I de Vries, R Mombarg, D H H Van Kann
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Background: Previous research indicates the start of primary school (4-5-year-old) as an essential period for the development of children's physical activity (PA) patterns, as from this point, the age-related decline of PA is most often observed. During this period, young children are exposed to a wider variety of environmental- and social contexts and therefore their PA is influenced by more diverse factors. However, in order to understand children's daily PA patterns and identify relevant opportunities for PA promotion, it is important to further unravel in which (social) contexts throughout the day, PA of young children takes place.

Methods: We included a cross-national sample of 21 primary schools from the Startvaardig study. In total, 248 children provided valid accelerometer and global positioning (GPS) data. Geospatial analyses were conducted to quantify PA in (social) environments based on their school and home. Transport-related PA was evaluated using GPS speed-algorithms. PA was analysed at different environments, time-periods and for week- and weekend days separately.

Results: Children accumulated an average of 60 min of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), both during week- and weekend days. Schools contributed to approximately half of daily MVPA during weekdays. During weekends, environments within 100 m from home were important, as well as locations outside the home-school neighbourhood. Pedestrian trips contributed to almost half of the daily MVPA.

Conclusions: We identified several social contexts relevant for children's daily MVPA. Schools have the potential to significantly contribute to young children's PA patterns and are therefore encouraged to systematically evaluate and implement parts of the school-system that stimulate PA and potentially also learning processes. Pedestrian trips also have substantial contribution to daily MVPA of young children, which highlights the importance of daily active transport in school- and parental routines.

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通过时间和地点调查幼儿的体育活动。
背景:以往的研究表明,小学阶段(4-5 岁)是儿童体育锻炼(PA)模式发展的关键时期,因为从这一时期开始,最常观察到的是与年龄相关的体育锻炼下降。在这一时期,幼儿会接触到更多的环境和社会背景,因此他们的 PA 会受到更多不同因素的影响。然而,为了了解儿童的日常 PA 模式并确定促进 PA 的相关机会,有必要进一步了解幼儿在一天中的哪些(社会)环境中进行 PA:我们从 Startvaardig 研究中选取了 21 所小学作为跨国样本。共有 248 名儿童提供了有效的加速度计和全球定位系统(GPS)数据。我们进行了地理空间分析,以学校和家庭为基础,对(社会)环境中的 PA 进行量化。使用 GPS 速度算法评估了与交通相关的 PA。分别对不同环境、不同时间段以及工作日和周末的 PA 进行了分析:结果:儿童在工作日和周末日平均积累了 60 分钟的中度至剧烈活动时间(MVPA)。平日里,学校约占每天 MVPA 的一半。在周末,离家 100 米以内的环境以及家庭与学校附近以外的地点都很重要。行人出行占每日 MVPA 的近一半:我们发现了与儿童日常 MVPA 相关的几种社会环境。学校有可能对幼儿的 PA 模式做出重大贡献,因此我们鼓励学校系统地评估和实施学校系统中能促进 PA 并有可能促进学习过程的部分。行人出行对幼儿的日常 MVPA 也有很大贡献,这突出了日常积极交通在学校和家长日常活动中的重要性。
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International Journal of Health Geographics
International Journal of Health Geographics PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH -
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10.20
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2.00%
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17
审稿时长
12 weeks
期刊介绍: A leader among the field, International Journal of Health Geographics is an interdisciplinary, open access journal publishing internationally significant studies of geospatial information systems and science applications in health and healthcare. With an exceptional author satisfaction rate and a quick time to first decision, the journal caters to readers across an array of healthcare disciplines globally. International Journal of Health Geographics welcomes novel studies in the health and healthcare context spanning from spatial data infrastructure and Web geospatial interoperability research, to research into real-time Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-enabled surveillance services, remote sensing applications, spatial epidemiology, spatio-temporal statistics, internet GIS and cyberspace mapping, participatory GIS and citizen sensing, geospatial big data, healthy smart cities and regions, and geospatial Internet of Things and blockchain.
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