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ArticleJournal of obesity2014

Trajectories of objectively measured physical activity among secondary students in Canada in the context of a province-wide physical education policy: a longitudinal analysis.

Erin Hobin, Jannice So, Laura Rosella, Melisa Comte, Steve Manske, Jonathan McGavock

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Article in Journal of obesity, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Erin HobinPublic Health Ontario, 480 University Avenue, Suite 300, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1V2.ORCID 0000-0001-6335-2984
Jannice SoPublic Health Ontario, 480 University Avenue, Suite 300, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1V2.ORCID 0000-0002-3713-3224
Laura RosellaPublic Health Ontario, 480 University Avenue, Suite 300, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1V2.
Melisa ComteManitoba Institute of Child Health, 513-715 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3E 3P4.ORCID 0000-0001-5384-1207
Steve ManskePropel Centre for Population Health Impact, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1.
Jonathan McGavockManitoba Institute of Child Health, 513-715 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3E 3P4.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lower levels of physical activity are associated with childhood obesity. School physical education (PE) policies have been identified as critical to improve child and adolescent physical activity levels but there has been little evaluation of such policies. In the province of Manitoba, Canada, the government implemented a mandatory PE policy in secondary schools designed to increase the daily physical activity levels of adolescents. The objective of this study was to examine the longitudinal changes in and the factors associated with the physical activity trajectories of adolescents in Manitoba during their tenure as secondary school students in the context of this school PE policy. The results found, despite the PE policy, a grade-related decline in the physical activity trajectories of adolescents; however, the decline in physical activity was attenuated among adolescents with low and moderate baseline physical activity compared to adolescents with high baseline physical activity and among adolescents who attended schools in neighbourhoods of low compared to high socioeconomic status. There are several possible explanations for these findings, including the influence of the PE policy on the PA patterns of adolescent subpopulations that tend to be at higher risk for inactivity in both childhood and adult life.

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ExerciseHealth PolicyPediatric ObesityPhysical Education and TrainingSchoolsAdolescentFemaleHumansMaleManitobaStudents

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PMID24672714
PMCPMC3942104

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