Compulsory School In- and Outdoors—Implications for School Children’s Physical Activity and Health during One Academic Year

Regulated school days entail less free-living physical activity (PA) and outdoor stay, which may jeopardize the opportunities for cohesive moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and, by extension, children’s health. The role of outdoor stay during school time for pupils’ free-living PA vs. ph...

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Main Authors:	Peter Pagels, Anders Raustorp, Peter Guban, Andreas Fröberg, Cecilia Boldemann
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2016-07-01
Series:	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:	health children school environment physical activity physical education
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/7/699

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spelling	doaj-7e5c26cd54e24d8ebaa575ac1418a2092020-11-24T22:40:27ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012016-07-0113769910.3390/ijerph13070699ijerph13070699Compulsory School In- and Outdoors—Implications for School Children’s Physical Activity and Health during One Academic YearPeter Pagels0Anders Raustorp1Peter Guban2Andreas Fröberg3Cecilia Boldemann4Department of Sport Sciences, Linnaeus University, SE-391 82 Kalmar, SwedenDepartment of Sport Sciences, Linnaeus University, SE-391 82 Kalmar, SwedenCenter for Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Stockholm County Council, Box 1497, 171 29 Solna, SwedenDepartment of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, SwedenDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, SwedenRegulated school days entail less free-living physical activity (PA) and outdoor stay, which may jeopardize the opportunities for cohesive moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and, by extension, children’s health. The role of outdoor stay during school time for pupils’ free-living PA vs. physical education (PE) and indoor stay was studied during one academic year in 196 pupils aged 7–14 years at four schools in mid-southern Sweden during five consecutive days each in September, March, and May. Actigraph GT3X+ Activity monitors were used. Predictors for PA during school stay were expressed as mean daily accelerometer counts and were measured per season, day, grade, gender, weather, and time outdoors. Overall, free-living PA outdoors generated the highest mean accelerometer counts for moderate and vigorous PA. Outdoor PA and PE, representing 23.7% of the total school time contributed to 50.4% of total mean accelerometer counts, and were the greatest contributors to moderate and vigorous PA. Age and weather impacted PA, with less PA in inclement weather and among older pupils. More time outdoors, at all seasons, would favorably increase school children’s chances of reaching recommended levels of PA.http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/7/699healthchildrenschool environmentphysical activityphysical education
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title	Compulsory School In- and Outdoors—Implications for School Children’s Physical Activity and Health during One Academic Year
title_short	Compulsory School In- and Outdoors—Implications for School Children’s Physical Activity and Health during One Academic Year
title_full	Compulsory School In- and Outdoors—Implications for School Children’s Physical Activity and Health during One Academic Year
title_fullStr	Compulsory School In- and Outdoors—Implications for School Children’s Physical Activity and Health during One Academic Year
title_full_unstemmed	Compulsory School In- and Outdoors—Implications for School Children’s Physical Activity and Health during One Academic Year
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publisher	MDPI AG
series	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
issn	1660-4601
publishDate	2016-07-01
description	Regulated school days entail less free-living physical activity (PA) and outdoor stay, which may jeopardize the opportunities for cohesive moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and, by extension, children’s health. The role of outdoor stay during school time for pupils’ free-living PA vs. physical education (PE) and indoor stay was studied during one academic year in 196 pupils aged 7–14 years at four schools in mid-southern Sweden during five consecutive days each in September, March, and May. Actigraph GT3X+ Activity monitors were used. Predictors for PA during school stay were expressed as mean daily accelerometer counts and were measured per season, day, grade, gender, weather, and time outdoors. Overall, free-living PA outdoors generated the highest mean accelerometer counts for moderate and vigorous PA. Outdoor PA and PE, representing 23.7% of the total school time contributed to 50.4% of total mean accelerometer counts, and were the greatest contributors to moderate and vigorous PA. Age and weather impacted PA, with less PA in inclement weather and among older pupils. More time outdoors, at all seasons, would favorably increase school children’s chances of reaching recommended levels of PA.
topic	health children school environment physical activity physical education
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Compulsory School In- and Outdoors—Implications for School Children’s Physical Activity and Health during One Academic Year

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