A regional vision of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and physical education in adolescents from Latin America and the Caribbean: results from 26 countries

Aguilar-Farías, Nicolás; Martino-Fuentealba, Pía; Cárcamo-Oyarzún, Jaime; Cortínez-O’Ryan, Andrea; Cristi-Montero, Carlos; Oetinger, Astrid Von; Sadarangani, Kabir P.

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“…Using a large-scale global education database, we identified substantial cross-country differences in adolescents' physical activity. Our findings extend those conducted in either high 10 11 13 or low-middle 12 income countries by including a greater number of countries across income levels, using more recent data (2015), and expanding on the comparisons across countries. We examined activities conducted inside and outside of school separately, compared the distributions of activity in addition to averages, quantified gender-and SES-disparities, and examined correlations with national-level economic factors thought to be key determinants of adolescent health.…”

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Physical activity in adolescence: cross-national comparisons of levels, distributions and disparities across 52 countries

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Fluharty

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Introduction: Despite global concerns regarding physical inactivity, limited cross-national evidence exists to compare adolescents' physical activity participation. We analysed 52 high-and low-middle income countries, with activity undertaken inside and outside of school in 2015. We investigated gender-and socioeconomic-disparities, and additionally examined correlations with country-level indices of physical education (PE) curriculum time allocation, wealth, and income inequality. Methods: We used the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of 15-year-olds (N=347,935). Students reported average attendance (days/week) in PE classes, and the days/week engaged in moderate activity (MPA) and vigorous activity (VPA) outside of school. Both the mean and distributions of outcomes were evaluated, as were genderand socioeconomic-disparities. Pearson's correlations (r) between the physical activity outcomes and PE curriculum time allocation, wealth (indexed by GDP) and income inequality (indexed by the Gini coefficient) were calculated.Results: Activity levels inside and outside of school were higher in Eastern Europe than Western Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East/North Africa. Comparisons of average levels masked potentially important differences in distributions. For example, activity levels inside school showed a bimodal distribution in the US (mean PE class attendance 2.4 days/week; 41.3%, 6.3% and 33.1% of students attended PE classes on 0, 2 and 5 days/week respectively). In contrast, most other countries exhibited more centrally shaped distributions. Pro-male and pro-high socioeconomic disparities were modest for participation inside school, but higher for MPA and VPA outside of school. The magnitude of these also differed markedly by country. Activity in school was weakly positively correlated with PE curriculum time allocation (r=0.33); activity outside of school was strongly negatively correlated with income inequality (e.g. r=-0.69 for MPA).Conclusion: Our findings reveal extensive cross-country differences in adolescents' physical activity; in turn, these highlight policy areas that could ultimately improve global adolescent health, such as the incorporation of minimum country-level PE classes, and the targeting of gender-and socioeconomicdisparities in activity conducted outside of school. Our findings also highlight the utility of educational databases such as PISA for use in global population health research.

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Physical activity in adolescence: cross-national comparisons of levels, distributions and disparities across 52 countries

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Fluharty

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“…13 School Environment D 12.8% to 33.0% of adolescents reported the participation in physical education for 3 or more days per week without gender differences. 3,4 26.0% of students reported that they have positive reinforcement from teachers for being physically active. 14…”

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“…2-4 27.4% of children (9 to 11 years old) and 18.9% of adolescents meet the PA guidelines based on National data. [2][3][4] There is lack of information in 5 to 8 years old.…”

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Results from Chile’s 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

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Miranda-Márquez²,

Sadarangani³

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“…According to the WHO, Latin America and the Caribbean regions ranks first among regions in inactivity in the world with a prevalence rate of insufficient physical activity of 32% . Also, a recent report of physical behaviors of 64,034 adolescents from the region showed that only 15% of adolescents were physically active …”

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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Risk Factors in Latin American Populations: Current Scenario and Perspectives

Oliveira

Cotrim

Arrese

2019

Clinical Liver Disease

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A regional vision of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and physical education in adolescents from Latin America and the Caribbean: results from 26 countries

Cited by 92 publications

References 22 publications

Physical activity in adolescence: cross-national comparisons of levels, distributions and disparities across 52 countries

Physical activity in adolescence: cross-national comparisons of levels, distributions and disparities across 52 countries

Results from Chile’s 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Risk Factors in Latin American Populations: Current Scenario and Perspectives

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