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ABSTRACT: Objective
To analyze physical activity and sedentary behavior in preschool children during their stay at school and the associated factors.Methods
370 preschoolers, aged 4 to 6 years, stratified according to gender, age and school region in the city of Londrina, PR, participated in the study. A questionnaire was applied to principals of preschools to analyze the school infrastructure and environment. Physical activity and sedentary behavior were estimated using accelerometers for five consecutive days during the children's stay at school. The odds ratio (OR) was estimated through binary logistic regression.Results
At school, regardless of age, preschoolers spend relatively more time in sedentary behaviors (89.6%-90.9%), followed by light (4.6%-7.6%), moderate (1.3%-3.0%) and vigorous (0.5%-2.3%) physical activity. The indoor recreation room (OR=0.20; 95%CI 0.05 to 0.83) and the playground (OR=0.08; 95%CI 0.00 to 0.80) protect four-year-old schoolchildren from highly sedentary behavior. An inverse association was found between the indoor recreation room and physical activity (OR=0.20; 95%CI 0.00 to 0.93) in five-year-old children. The indoor recreation room (OR=1.54; 95%CI 1.35 to 1.77), the playground (OR=2.82; 95%CI 1.14 to 6.96) and the recess (OR=1.54; 95%CI 1.35 to 1.77) are factors that increase the chance of six-year-old schoolchildren to be active.Conclusions
The school infrastructure and environment should be seen as strategies to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior in preschool children.
SUBMITTER: Barbosa SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5178115 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barbosa Sara Crosatti SC Coledam Diogo Henrique Constantino DH Stabelini Neto Antonio A Elias Rui Gonçalves Marques RG Oliveira Arli Ramos de AR
Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo 20160221 3
<h4>Objective</h4>To analyze physical activity and sedentary behavior in preschool children during their stay at school and the associated factors.<h4>Methods</h4>370 preschoolers, aged 4 to 6 years, stratified according to gender, age and school region in the city of Londrina, PR, participated in the study. A questionnaire was applied to principals of preschools to analyze the school infrastructure and environment. Physical activity and sedentary behavior were estimated using accelerometers for ...[more]