ArticlePreventive medicine reports2019
Boys, older children, and highly active children benefit most from the preschool arena regarding moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: A cross-sectional study of Norwegian preschoolers.
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- The Use of Wearable Technologies in the Assessment of Physical Activity in Preschool- and School-Age Youth: Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Investigating between-group effects of a physical activity intervention across the physical activity intensity spectrum using multivariate pattern analysis.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Longitudinal associations between preschoolers' 24-h movement behaviors and development of self-regulation, executive function, vocabulary, and numeracy.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Effects of a staff-led multicomponent physical activity intervention on preschooler's fundamental motor skills and physical fitness: The ACTNOW cluster-randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Trial
- Intervention Strategies to Elicit MVPA in Preschoolers during Outdoor Play.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
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- Differences in the activity intensity distribution over the day between boys and girls aged 3 to 17 years.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Physical Literacy and Physical Activity in Early Years Education: What's Known, What's Done, and What's Needed?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Preschoolers' Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity Measured by a Tri-Axial Accelerometer: Compliance with International Guidelines and Different Cut-Points.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Trajectories of physical activity and sedentary time in Norwegian children aged 3-9 years: a 5-year longitudinal study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Article
- Physical environmental opportunities for active play and physical activity level in preschoolers: a multicriteria analysis.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Individual- and Environmental- Level Predictors of Recess Activity and Sedentary Behavior: Findings from the I-CAN! study.Translational journal of the American College of Sports Medicine · 2022Article
- The Role of Preschool Hours in Achieving Physical Activity Recommendations for Preschoolers.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- An Exploration of Child-Staff Interactions That Promote Physical Activity in Pre-School.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Resemblance in accelerometer-assessed physical activity in families with children: the Lolland-Falster Health Study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Article
- Correlates of Meeting the Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Sleep Guidelines for the Early Years among Belgian Preschool Children: The ToyBox-Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Role of Family Time Together in Meeting the Recommendation for Physical Activity among Primary School Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Bi-directional prospective associations between objectively measured physical activity and fundamental motor skills in children: a two-year follow-up.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Article
- Active Learning Norwegian Preschool(er)s (ACTNOW) - Design of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Staff Professional Development to Promote Physical Activity, Motor Skills, and Cognition in Preschoolers.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
The preschool environment exerts an important influence on children's behaviour, including physical activity (PA). However, information is lacking regarding where and when most of children's PA is undertaken. This study aimed to describe PA and sedentary time (SED) during preschool hours and time out-of-care, and on weekdays and weekend days, and to investigate differences in PA patterns according to sex, age, and MVPA levels. From September 2015 to June 2016, we measured PA levels of 1109 children (age range, 2.7-6.5 years; mean age 4.7 years; boys, 52%) using ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometers for up to 14 consecutive days. We applied a linear mixed model to analyse associations and interactions between total PA (counts per minute [cpm]), light PA (LPA), moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), SED, sex, age, and overall MVPA regardless of setting, during preschool hours versus time out-of-care, and on weekdays versus weekend days. Children undertook more PA and less SED on weekdays compared to weekend days (p < 0.01). For boys, MVPA levels were higher during preschool hours than during time out-of-care (p < 0.05). Differences in total PA and MVPA between preschool hours versus time out-of-care, and between weekdays and weekend days, were greater in boys, older children, and highly active children than in girls, younger children, and children with lower overall MVPA levels (p < 0.01). The preschool arena is important for children's PA. Concerning MVPA, this study showed that boys, older children, and highly active children benefit more from this environment compared to girls, younger preschoolers, and children with lower MVPA levels.
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