Physical Activity of Preschool Children: A Review

Barbosa, Sara Crosatti; Oliveira, Arli Ramos de

doi:10.4172/2573-0312.1000111

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“…Agreeing with several authors [7,86,87], we strongly believe that PA policies at childcare centers could be an effective means for children's PA enhancement. Although in some studies a high PA is reported [20], in agreement with our results, a recent literature review [88] showed that the majority (>50%) of the preschool day is sedentary. In Greece, as in several other countries (e.g., Canada [86] and New Zealand [89]), there are no established policies regarding PA and sedentary time at preschool education.…”

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Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors of Young Children: Trends from 2009 to 2018

Venetsanou

Emmanouilidou

Kouli

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Over the last decade, the lives of children in several countries, including Greece, have been affected by recession. The aim of the present study was (a) to examine time trends in physical activity (PA) and screen time (ST) of Greek preschool children, together with their family affluence (FA), from 2009 until 2018, and to explore the associations among them; and (b) to investigate the connections of parental educational level and children’s BMIs to their achieving ST (<1 h/day) and PA (11,500 steps/day) guidelines. A total of 652 children from four cross-sectional cohorts participated. PA was recorded with Omron HJ-720IT-E2 pedometers, whereas ST, family affluence (FA) and parental educational level were reported by participants’ parents. The results of the one-way ANOVAs that were computed revealed statistically significant differences among cohorts, albeit of no practical importance, in PA, ST and FA. According to the regressions calculated, neither BMI nor the educational level was related to membership in ST and PA guidelines groups. ST was a significant predictor of children’s PA in all week periods (school-time, leisure-time, weekend), whereas FA was not such a strong predictor. Multilevel interventions aiming at both ST and PA seem to be imperative for the benefit of young children’s health.

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Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors of Young Children: Trends from 2009 to 2018

Venetsanou

Emmanouilidou

Kouli

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“…A recent review on 1485 preschooler’s activity levels, comprising 91 preschools, measured with accelerometers or direct observation, showed that children three- to five-years of age spent approximately 3% of the preschool day in MVPA and the majority of the day (>50%) sedentary [ 28 ]. This is substantially lower than the 7.6% MVPA, and somewhat higher than the 48% ST, presented in the present study.…”

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Objectively measured physical activity patterns, sedentary time and parent-reported screen-time across the day in four-year-old Swedish children

Berglind

Tynelius

2017

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundPhysical activity (PA) improves health outcomes accumulating evidence suggests that sedentary time (ST), especially parent-reported screen-time, is associated with negative health outcomes in children. The aim of the present study is to describe levels and patterns of PA and ST across the day and week and activity pattern differences between the sexes, across all weekdays and time spent in and outside the preschool in four-year old children.MethodsIn total 899 four-year old Swedish children who had both complete questionnaire data on screen-time behaviors and objective activity variables and at least 4 days, including one weekend day, with more than 10 h of GT3X+ Actigraph accelerometer wear time data were included in the study. Patterns of PA and ST across the day and week and differences between sexes, weekdays vs. weekend days and time in preschool vs. time spent outside preschool were assessed.ResultsChildren engaged in 150 min (SD 73) and 102 min (SD 60) of screen-time on weekend days and weekdays, with 97% and 86% of children exceeding the 1 h guideline for screen-time on weekend days and weekdays, respectively. Accelerometer data showed that boys are more active and less sedentary compared with girls and both sexes were more active and less sedentary on weekdays compared with weekend days, while parent-reported data showed that boys engage in more screen-time compared with girls. Children accumulated 24.8 min (SD. 19) MVPA during preschool time and 26.6 min (SD. 16) outside preschool hours on weekdays, compared with 22.4 min (SD. 18) MVPA during preschool time and 25.3 min (SD. 22) outside preschool hours on weekend days.ConclusionsFour-year old Swedish children display different activity patterns across the day on weekdays compared to weekend days, with preschool hours during weekdays being the most active segments and preschool hours during weekend days being the least active segments of the day.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4600-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…This observation is confirmed in 30% of the studies included in Waters et al systematic review of control groups' improvements in physical activity intervention trials and one of the associated factors was repeated measures [41]. Other possible explanations are the potential for seasonal effects as physical activity levels of preschoolers tend to increase during Spring [42,43].…”

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Effectiveness of the Healthy Start-Départ Santé approach on physical activity, healthy eating and fundamental movement skills of preschoolers attending childcare centres: a randomized controlled trial

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Background: Since young children spend approximately 30 h per week in early childcare centres (ECC), this setting is ideal to foster healthy behaviours. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the Healthy Start-Départ Santé (HSDS) randomized controlled trial in increasing physical activity (PA) levels and improving healthy eating and fundamental movement skills in preschoolers attending ECC. Methods: Sixty-one ECC were randomly selected and allocated to either the usual practice (n = 30; n = 433 children) or intervention group (n = 31; n = 464 children). The HSDS intervention group was provided a 3-h on-site training for childcare educators which aimed to increase their knowledge and self-efficacy in promoting healthy eating, PA and development of fundamental movement skills in preschoolers. PA was measured during childcare hours for five consecutive days using the Actical accelerometer. Preschoolers' fundamental movement skills were assessed using the standard TGMD-II protocol and POMP scores. Food intake was evaluated using digital photography-assisted weighted plate waste at lunch, over two consecutive days. All data were collected prior to the HSDS intervention and again 9 months later. Mixed-effect models were used to analyse the effectiveness of the HSDS intervention on all outcome measures. Results: Total number of children who provided valid data at baseline and endpoint for PA, food intake and fundamental movement skills were 259, 670 and 492, respectively. Children in the HSDS intervention group had, on average, a 3.33 greater point increase in their locomotor motor skills scores than children in the control group (β = 3.33, p = 0.009). No significant differences in effects were observed for object control, PA and food intake. However, results demonstrated a marginal increase in portions of fruits and vegetables served in the intervention group compared to control group (β = 0.06, p = 0.05).

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Physical Activity of Preschool Children: A Review

Cited by 25 publications

References 13 publications

Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors of Young Children: Trends from 2009 to 2018

Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors of Young Children: Trends from 2009 to 2018

Objectively measured physical activity patterns, sedentary time and parent-reported screen-time across the day in four-year-old Swedish children

Effectiveness of the Healthy Start-Départ Santé approach on physical activity, healthy eating and fundamental movement skills of preschoolers attending childcare centres: a randomized controlled trial

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