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Preschool children are not meeting recommended levels of physical activity (PA) nor are they proficient in fundamental motor skills (FMS), which are the foundation for PA. As such, interventions are needed to increase PA and FMS in young children. This trial examined the effects of an environme...
"Physical activity in young children has broad health benefits such as instilling active behaviour, improved bone development, reduced risk of obesity, and enhanced cognitive and psychosocial development," Dr Christian said. Data already collected by the team from more than 40 childcare centres in P...
Preschoolers' (n = 31) physical activity (PA) levels during indoor and outdoor childcare hours were explored using accelerometers. Participants engaged in 0.54 min/h (SD = 0.59) of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) and 14.42 min/h (SD = 6.78) of total PA (TPA) indoors compared with 5.03...
Physical activity is an important contributing factor in the prevention of overweight and obesity in young children.
- 《International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity》 被引量: 185发表: 2004年 Physical activity in Ontario preschoolers: prevalence and measurement issues critical period for the development of active living behaviours; however, very little is known about the physical activity levels ...
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(HealthDay)—Kids in daycare and preschool may not be getting enough physical activity, according to a new study. Preschoolers in the Seattle study spent just a half hour playing outside and were offered less than an hour each day for indoor play atchild care centers, the researchers found....
coupled with their inability to cognitively recall their activity level makes documenting physical activity behaviors difficult (Pate, 1993;Penpraze et al., 2006). Accurately recordingphysical activity levelsamong preschoolers is important for not only comparing and tracking changes in activity behavior but...
Although preschoolers' physical activity in center-based childcare has received considerable attention, less is known regarding this group's activity levels within home-based childcare. This review aimed to explore and synthesize the literature on preschoolers' physical and sedentary activity levels in hom...