ArticleJournal of physical activity & health2015
Outdoor Temperature, Precipitation, and Wind Speed Affect Physical Activity Levels in Children: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Barriers and facilitators to young children's physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative literature.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2017Pooled it
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- Association of environmental, demographic and clinical parameters with physical activity in children with asthma.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Offspring's exposome: a narrative review on the influence of early-life factors on childhood obesity risk.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Teachers' perception on physical activity promotion in kindergarten children in China: a qualitative study connecting social-ecological model.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association between time of assessment within a school year and physical fitness of primary school children.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The joint effects of mixture exposure to multiple meteorological factors on step count: A panel study in China.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2024Article
- Assessing the Effect of Extreme Weather on Population Health Using Consumer-Grade Wearables in Rural Burkina Faso: Observational Panel Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Observational
- A Review of the Role of Built Environment and Temperature in the Development of Childhood Obesity.Cureus · 2023Review
- Seasonality and Objective Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour among Older Adults from Four European Countries.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Multilevel and general linear modeling of weather and time effects on the emotional and behavioral states of children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Public Health Safety in Community Living Circles Based on a Behavioral Motivation Perspective: Theoretical Framework and Evaluation System.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveEvaluate effects of local weather conditions on physical activity in early childhood.
methodsLongitudinal prospective cohort study of 372 children, 3 years old at enrollment, drawn from a major US metropolitan community. Accelerometer-measured (RT3) physical activity was collected every 4 months over 5 years and matched with daily weather measures: day length, heating/cooling degrees (degrees mean temperature < 65°F or ≥ 65°F, respectively), wind, and precipitation. Mixed regression analyses, adjusted for repeated measures, were used to test the relationship between weather and physical activity.
resultsPrecipitation and wind speed were negatively associated with total physical activity and moderate-vigorous physical activity (P < .0001). Heating and cooling degrees were negatively associated with total physical activity and moderate-vigorous physical activity and positively associated with inactivity (all P < .0001), independent of age, sex, race, BMI, day length, wind, and precipitation. For every 10 additional heating degrees there was a 5-minute daily reduction in moderate-vigorous physical activity. For every additional 10 cooling degrees there was a 17-minute reduction in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.
conclusionsInclement weather (higher/lower temperature, greater wind speed, more rain/snow) is associated with less physical activity in young children. These deleterious effects should be considered when planning physical activity research, interventions, and policies.
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