ArticleBMC public health2022
Attendance in physical education classes, sedentary behavior, and different forms of physical activity among schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study.
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- Can active play replace skill-oriented physical education in enhancing fundamental movement skills among preschool children? A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of body mass index and extracurricular sports activities on physical fitness in school-aged children.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Sedentarism and Chronic Health Problems.Korean journal of family medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAttendance in physical education classes (PE) helps young people to achieve the physical activity recommendations and to reduce their exposure to sedentary behavior. However, the association between PE attendance and the daily frequency of specific forms of physical activity is less known. The current study analyzed the association between weekly attendance in PE and daily frequencies of different forms of physical activity (active play, non-active play, structured physical activity), and overall daily frequencies of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviors (SB) among schoolchildren.
methodsCross-sectional study with schoolchildren from second to fifth grade of 11 public schools (n = 2,477; 9.1 ± 1.38-y-old; 53.2% girls; 17.5 ± 3.5 kg/m
resultsAttendance in PE ≥ 2/week was associated with higher frequencies of active play (girls: PR = 1.40, 95%CI = 1.11-1.78; boys: PR = 1.49, 95%CI = 1.15-1.94) and structured physical activity (girls: PR = 2.11, 95%CI = 1.31-3.40; boys: PR = 4.33, 95%CI = 1.63-11.52). Higher attendance in PE (≥ 2/week) was associated with high overall PA (girls: PR = 1.31, 95%CI = 1.06-1.62; boys: PR = 1.42, 95%CI = 1.14-1.77) and low SB (girls: PR = 0.80, 95%CI = 0.71-0.90; boys: PR = 0.81, 95%CI = 0.68-0.97). Attendance in PE 1/week was also associated with a lower frequency of daily SB among girls (PR = 0.73, 95%IC = 0.64-0.84)
conclusionHigher weekly attendance in PE was associated with higher frequencies of active play, structured physical activity, higher overall PA, and lower SB among both girls and boys.
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