Engagement in Physical Activity During Recess: Gender and Grade Level Differences in the Elementary Grades

Shervey, Sarah Wollersheim; DiPerna, James C.

doi:10.1123/jpah.2014-0499

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“…In this study, boys spent more time in MPA and VPA than girls, who presented with higher values of light PA and sedentary time, but they attached the accelerometer to the wrist so the comparison may be done cautiously with others (Tudor-Locke et al, 2015). These results are in accordance with the wider literature, which shows that boys are significantly more active than girls (Van Hecke et al, 2016) and MVPA (McKenzie et al, 2000) on a daily basis and during school recess (Frago-Calvo et al, 2017; Grao-Cruces et al, 2019; Ness et al, 2007; Pawlowski et al, 2016; Ridgers et al, 2005; Shervey and DiPerna, 2017). Only the study carried out by Mota et al (2005) found higher values of MVPA in girls than in boys (38% vs 31% of recess time in MVPA, respectively) among Portuguese children.…”

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“…According to Sallis et al (2000), active living and PA are influenced by various determinants: among them, intrapersonal influences, such as demographic (child’s gender) and biological (weight status) factors, as well as interpersonal factors (parental education). In general, boys are more physically active during discretionary time periods compared to girls (Beighle et al, 2006) and at school recess (Shervey and DiPerna, 2017). However, it should be pointed out that some studies have not found sex differences in PA levels during recess (Erwin et al, 2012) or have found girls to be more physically active than boys (Mota et al, 2005).…”

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Physical activity during school recess: A missed opportunity to be active?

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Segura‐Jiménez

Ávila-García

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Health Education Journal

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Objective: The goals of this study were to (1) describe physical activity levels during school recess in 8-year-old children, (2) analyse the percentage of children who achieved physical activity recommendation at recess, and (3) examine if recess physical activity levels varied by gender, weight status, and parental educational level. Methods: In all, 291 children (mean age ± SD = 8.3 ± 0.3 years, 156 boys) from 7 schools of Granada (Spain) were recruited by convenience. To analyse sedentary time and physical activity levels during recess, children wore a tri-axial accelerometer attached to the wrist over five consecutive school days. Results: Sedentary time (29.6% vs 40%) and light physical activity (33.2% vs 35.5%) were lower in boys than in girls (all p < .001). Conversely, moderate physical activity (26.7% vs 20%), vigorous physical activity (10.5% vs 4.4%) and moderate-vigorous physical activity (37.2% vs 24.4%) were higher in boys than in girls (all p < .001). Only 12% of the children accomplished the moderate-vigorous physical activity recommendations during recess (21.2% boys vs 1.5% girls). Lower body mass index values were associated with higher vigorous physical activity intensity. Conclusions: Levels of moderate-vigorous physical activity during school recess are very low in children, being lower in girls than in boys, a very low percentage of children achieve moderate-vigorous physical activity recommendations during school recess, and girls and overweight/obese children show lower values in moderate-vigorous and vigorous physical activity.

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Physical activity during school recess: A missed opportunity to be active?

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Segura‐Jiménez

Ávila-García

et al. 2019

Health Education Journal

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“…In this study, we found that the least-active children were a mixed group of children from different grades and genders. Similar to this, Shervey and DiPerna 23 found that the children who took the least number of steps during recess varied in both gender and age/ grade level.…”

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Difference in Outdoor Time and Physical Activity During Recess After Schoolyard Renewal for the Least-Active Children

Pawlowski¹,

Andersen

Schipperijn³

2020

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

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Background: It remains unclear if schoolyard interventions “just” provide more opportunities for those children who are already active. The authors wanted to investigate schoolyard use and physical activity (PA) among the least-active children during recess following schoolyard renewals. Methods: An intervention study design with preresults and postresults comparison was used. Accelerometer and global positioning system data were collected at 6 Danish schools from 553 children at baseline and 439 after renewals (grades 4–9). Based on mean minutes of recess moderate to vigorous PA per child per school, the least-active children were defined as all children in the lowest activity quartile at baseline and follow-up, respectively. Results: One hundred and thirty-five children (70% girls) at baseline and 108 (76% girls) at follow-up were categorized as the least-active children. At follow-up they accumulated more time (12.1 min/d) and PA (4.4 min/d) in the schoolyard during recess compared with baseline. The difference in schoolyard PA found for the least-active children was relatively small compared with the difference for all children. Conclusions: Solely improving the physical schoolyard environment seemed to have limited impact on the least-active children’s PA. Future studies should investigate the complex interrelations between the least-active children and the entire schoolyard environment.

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“…54 -56 Additionally, girls may have lower perceived competence in physical education and be less active during school recess. 56,57 These barriers may begin early in life via differential development of motor skills across sexes in preschool-aged children (e.g., boys perform better at throwing a ball). 58 Many of these barriers are modifiable, 59,60 and may therefore be promising intervention targets for reducing sex disparities in adherence to the physical activity guidelines among youth.…”

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Sociodemographic Predictors of Adherence to National Diet and Physical Activity Guidelines at Age 5 Years: The Healthy Start Study

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Purpose: To assess adherence to the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines, and identify sociodemographic predictors of adherence among children. Design: Cross sectional. Setting: Colorado, United States. Participants: Children aged 5 (n = 482). Measures: Sex, race/ethnicity, maternal education, maternal employment, maternal subjective social status and household income were assessed via questionnaires. Diet was assessed via 2 interviewer-administered 24-hour dietary recalls. Physical activity was objectively-measured with accelerometry for 7 days. Adherence was defined as a Healthy Eating Index-2015 score of ≥70 and/or ≥6 hours/day of light, moderate and vigorous activity. Analysis: For each predictor, logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios for adherence to the diet guidelines only, the activity guidelines only or both guidelines. Results: In the full sample, 29% of children were non-adherent to both guidelines, 6% adhered to the dietary guidelines only, 50% adhered to the activity guidelines only and 14% adhered to both. Girls had a 41% lower odds of adhering to the physical activity guidelines than boys (p = 0.01), after adjustment for race/ethnicity, household income and maternal education level, perceived social status and employment status. Conclusion: Efforts to improve the health of young children should promote adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans among all children. Targeted interventions that increase physical activity among girls may help to mitigate health disparities.

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Engagement in Physical Activity During Recess: Gender and Grade Level Differences in the Elementary Grades

Abstract: Because they are not engaging in as much physical activity as their sixth grade male counterparts, ways to help female and younger students take more steps during recess should be explored.

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Physical activity during school recess: A missed opportunity to be active?

Physical activity during school recess: A missed opportunity to be active?

Difference in Outdoor Time and Physical Activity During Recess After Schoolyard Renewal for the Least-Active Children

Sociodemographic Predictors of Adherence to National Diet and Physical Activity Guidelines at Age 5 Years: The Healthy Start Study

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