Step Counts on Weekdays, Weekends, and During Physical Education of Navajo High School Students.

Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement Pub Date : 2016-10-17 DOI:10.1007/s40615-016-0294-0

Rachelle Jones, Timothy A Brusseau, Pamela H Kulinna, Hans van der Mars

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Background: Understanding the physical activity patterns of youth is important for the implementation and evaluation of programming and interventions designed to change behavior. To date, little is known about the objectively measured physical activity patterns of Native American youth. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to examine the step counts of Navajo youth during weekdays, weekend days, and physical education classes.

Methods: Participants included 63 high school students (mean age = 15.14 ± 1.37 years). Youth wore a pedometer (Walk-4-Life 2505) for seven consecutive days. Means and standard deviations were calculated for weekdays, weekend days, and physical education.

Results: Boys averaged 11,078 ± 4400 steps/weekday compared to 6493 ± 5651 on weekend days. Girls averaged 7567 ± 5614 on weekdays compared to 7589 ± 7712 on weekend days. Both boys (20 %) and girls (26 %) accumulated a large percentage of their weekday step counts from physical education classes.

Conclusions: Findings highlight the importance of additional physical activity opportunities in the community. Youth are falling well short of recommended levels of physical activity with physical education being an important source of physical activity.

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纳瓦霍高中学生平日、周末和体育课期间的步数。

背景：了解青少年的体育活动模式对于实施和评估旨在改变行为的计划和干预措施非常重要。迄今为止，人们对美国本土青少年客观测量的体育活动模式知之甚少。因此，本研究旨在考察纳瓦霍族青少年在平日、周末和体育课上的步数：参与者包括 63 名高中生（平均年龄 = 15.14 ± 1.37 岁）。青少年连续七天佩戴计步器（Walk-4-Life 2505）。计算了平日、周末和体育课的平均值和标准偏差：结果：男生平日平均步数为 11,078 ± 4400 步，周末为 6493 ± 5651 步。女生平日平均步数为 7567 ± 5614 步，周末为 7589 ± 7712 步。男生（20%）和女生（26%）平日累积的步数中有很大一部分来自体育课：结论：研究结果强调了在社区增加体育活动机会的重要性。青少年的体育活动量远远低于建议水平，而体育课是体育活动的重要来源。

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