Trial reportThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2013
Effect of a governmentally-led physical activity program on motor skills in young children attending child care centers: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00967460 (Effect of a Physical-activity-promoting Environment on Motor Skills, Physical Activity, Quality of Life and BMI of Children in Childcare Settings), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of a Physical-activity-promoting Environment on Motor Skills, Physical Activity, Quality of Life and BMI of Children in Childcare Settings (Youp'là Bouge)
Who cites it
34 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of early childhood education and care-based interventions on child physical activity, anthropometrics, fundamental movement skills, cognitive functioning, and social-emotional wellbeing: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Designed physical activities targeting social skills in preschoolers: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of structured and unstructured interventions on fundamental motor skills in preschool children: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Policy, systems, and environmental interventions addressing physical activity in early childhood education settings: A systematic review.Preventive medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Home- and Community-Based Interventions for Physical Activity and Early Child Development: A Systematic Review of Effective Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Infants' and toddlers' physical activity and sedentary time as measured by accelerometry: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of Physical Activity on Children's Motor Skill Development: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.BioMed research international · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Effect of educational interventions on health in childhood: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Exploring the Relationship Between Fundamental Motor Skill Interventions and Physical Activity Levels in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Pooled it
- Systematic review of the relationships between physical activity and health indicators in the early years (0-4 years).BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
- Interventions to Promote Fundamental Movement Skills in Childcare and Kindergarten: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- Determinants of Change in Physical Activity in Children 0-6 years of Age: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Literature.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- Motor Skill Competence and Physical Activity in Preschoolers: A Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2017Pooled it
- Effects of Physical Activity on Motor Skills and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: A Systematic Review.BioMed research international · 2017Pooled it
- Children's physical activity level and sedentary behaviour in Norwegian early childhood education and care: effects of a staff-led cluster-randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Intervention Strategies to Elicit MVPA in Preschoolers during Outdoor Play.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Multistakeholder Perspectives on the Determinants of Family Fundamental Movement Skills Practice: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Child eating behavior predicts body mass index after 1 year: results from the Swiss Preschooler's Health Study (SPLASHY).Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the effect of a governmentally-led center based child care physical activity program (Youp'là Bouge) on child motor skills. PATIENTS AND
methodsWe conducted a single blinded cluster randomized controlled trial in 58 Swiss child care centers. Centers were randomly selected and 1:1 assigned to a control or intervention group. The intervention lasted from September 2009 to June 2010 and included training of the educators, adaptation of the child care built environment, parental involvement and daily physical activity. Motor skill was the primary outcome and body mass index (BMI), physical activity and quality of life secondary outcomes. The intervention implementation was also assessed.
resultsAt baseline, 648 children present on the motor test day were included (age 3.3 ± 0.6, BMI 16.3 ± 1.3 kg/m2, 13.2% overweight, 49% girls) and 313 received the intervention. Relative to children in the control group (n = 201), children in the intervention group (n = 187) showed no significant increase in motor skills (delta of mean change (95% confidence interval: -0.2 (-0.8 to 0.3), p = 0.43) or in any of the secondary outcomes. Not all child care centers implemented all the intervention components. Within the intervention group, several predictors were positively associated with trial outcomes: (1) free-access to a movement space and parental information session for motor skills (2) highly motivated and trained educators for BMI (3) free-access to a movement space and purchase of mobile equipment for physical activity (all p < 0.05).
conclusionThis "real-life" physical activity program in child care centers confirms the complexity of implementing an intervention outside a study setting and identified potentially relevant predictors that could improve future programs.
trial registrationClinical trials.gov NCT00967460.
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