ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2017
Children's Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity Attending Summer Day Camps.
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- Impact of free summer day camp on physical activity behaviors and screentime of elementary-age children from low-income households: a randomized clinical trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Trial
- Free summer programming on elementary-aged children's food and beverage consumption: a randomized clinical trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Trial
- Testing the effect of summer camp on excess summer weight gain in youth from low-income households: a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- First year physical activity findings from turn up the HEAT (Healthy Eating and Activity Time) in summer day camps.PloS one · 2017Trial
- Designing a Model for Developing Food Literacy Among Youth: Insights from Summer Camps.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Promoting Physical Activity and Peer Relationships in Adolescent Girls Through a Summer Program.Health promotion practice · 2026Article
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- Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of structured programming and a parent intervention to mitigate accelerated summer BMI gain: a pilot study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
- Interventions to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors in children and adolescents in summer day camps: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Feasibility & Preliminary Efficacy of Structured Programming and a Parent Intervention to Mitigate Accelerated Summer BMI Gain: A pilot study.Research square · 2022Article
- The Immediate and Lasting Effects of Resident Summer Camp on Movement Behaviors Among Children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Distance learning in Italian primary and middle school children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Turn up the healthy eating and activity time (HEAT): Physical activity outcomes from a 4-year non-randomized controlled trial in summer day camps.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Physical Activity Drops During Summer Holidays for 6- to 9-Year-Old Children.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
- The potential of a year-round school calendar for maintaining children's weight status and fitness: Preliminary outcomes from a natural experiment.Journal of sport and health science · 2020Observational
- Impact of Year-Round and Traditional School Schedules on Summer Weight Gain and Fitness Loss.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2019Article
- Children's Weight Gain and Cardiovascular Fitness Loss over the Summer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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- Understanding differences between summer vs. school obesogenic behaviors of children: the structured days hypothesis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Article
- Accelerated Summer Weight Gain in a Low-Income, Ethnically Diverse Sample of Elementary School Children in Massachusetts.Childhood obesity (Print)Article
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Abstract
introductionNational physical activity standards call for all children to accumulate 60 minutes/day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). The contribution of summer day camps toward meeting this benchmark is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to provide estimates of children's MVPA during summer day camps.
methodsChildren (n=1,061, 78% enrollment; mean age, 7.8 years; 46% female; 65% African American; 48% normal weight) from 20 summer day camps wore ActiGraph GT3x+ accelerometers on the wrist during camp hours for up to 4 non-consecutive days over the summer of 2015 (July). Accumulated MVPA at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of the distribution was estimated using random-effects quantile regression. All models were estimated separately for boys and girls and controlled for wear time. Minutes of MVPA were dichotomized to ≥60 minutes/day of MVPA or <60 minutes/day to estimate percentage of boys and girls meeting the 60 minutes/day guideline. All data were analyzed in spring 2016.
resultsAcross the 20 summer day camps, boys (n=569) and girls (n=492) accumulated a median of 96 and 82 minutes/day of MVPA, respectively. The percentage of children meeting 60 minutes/day of MVPA was 80% (range, 41%-94%) for boys and 73% (range, 30%-97%) for girls.
conclusionsSummer day camps are a setting where a large portion of boys and girls meet daily physical activity guidelines. Public health practitioners should focus efforts on making summer day camps accessible for children in the U.S.
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