Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Academic Performance in Finnish Children

Syväoja, Heidi; Kantomaa, Marko T.; Ahonen, Timo; Hakonen, Harto; Kankaanpää, Anna; Tammelin, Tuija

doi:10.1249/mss.0b013e318296d7b8

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“…However, in Finland, self-reported PA was directly associated with academic achievement; but, objectively measured PA was not associated with academic achievement (12); and among first-year university students in Switzerland, better PA did not predict better learning goal achievement; and day-to-day PA was not related to daily learning goal achievement (47). As for the second indicator of academic achievement, we observed that none of the four PA forms was significantly associated with the subjective importance of achieving good grades.…”

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“…Studies in Finland (children) and elsewhere (adolescents) reported a positive association between PA and academic achievement (12,13). In contrast, in Kuwait, there was no direct association between PA and academic achievement (14); and in the UK, there was no direct association between PA and students' academic achievement whether the indicator employed was subjective (self reported) or objective (actual module grade) (15).…”

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“…Whilst there exists Finnish PA studies, they seem to have focused on adolescents and young children (primary and lower secondary schools) rather than university students (12,20,21). Other research in Finland that examined some PA aspects among young adults was either population based e.g.…”

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Correlates of Achieving the Guidelines of Four Forms of Physical Activity, and the Relationship between Guidelines Achievement and Academic Performance: Undergraduate Students in Finland

Ansari

Suominen

Draper

2017

Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARY Objectives:We surveyed and compared, by gender, the levels and correlates of achieving the international guidelines of four forms of physical activity (PA): moderate PA (MPA), vigorous PA (VPA), moderate or vigorous PA (MVPA), and muscle strengthening PA (MSPA). The study assessed the associations between achieving the guidelines of the four PA forms and a range of socio-demographic, health and academic performance variables.Methods: Data was collected across the seven faculties of the University of Turku (2013-2014 from a representative sample of 1,189 undergraduates). An English language online self-administered questionnaire assessed frequency and duration of PA/week for each form of PA. We employed cut-offs for the guidelines in accordance with the American Heart Association. Chi-square statistic tested the differences in PA, socio-demographic variables and academic performance between males and females. Binary logistic regression examined the factors associated with achieving the four PA guidelines and linear regression examined the association between the frequency of PA and academic performance.Results: Achievement of PA guidelines was relatively low across the sample. Female students were less likely to achieve the VPA or MSPA guidelines, but were more health conscious and in generally exhibited better academic performace than males. High health awareness and excellent/ very good self-rated health were the strongest predictors of achieving all forms of PA. Parents' education level was positively related to likelihood of achieving the VPA, MVPA and MSPA guidelines. Achieving the MPA guidelines (but not VPA or MSPA) was positively associated with subjective perceptions of better academic performance.Conclusions: Achievement of PA guidelines was generally low for this sample of Finnish students, and was associated with positive health status and high health awareness. Universities need a holistic approach to improve awareness of health and promote PA in students' lifestyles.

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Correlates of Achieving the Guidelines of Four Forms of Physical Activity, and the Relationship between Guidelines Achievement and Academic Performance: Undergraduate Students in Finland

Ansari

Suominen

Draper

2017

Cent Eur J Public Health

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“…Associations between fitness and all-cause mortality Syvaoja et al, 2013) and between physical activity and all-cause mortality (Lee and Paffenbarger, 2000;Paffenbarger et al, 1994) have been described. However, only few studies have investigated the association between different domains of physical activity and allcause as well as cause-specific mortality, and the evidence is inconsistent (Andersen et al, 2000;Arrieta and Russell, 2008;Autenrieth et al, 2011;Barengo et al, 2004;Besson et al, 2008).…”

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Impact of different domains of physical activity on cause-specific mortality: A longitudinal study

Wanner

Tarnutzer

Martin

et al. 2014

Preventive Medicine

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OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between different domains of physical activity and all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer mortality. METHODS: Participants (n=17,663, aged 16-92years) of two general population health studies conducted between 1977 and 1993 in Switzerland were included. Physical activity was assessed at baseline in the domains of commuting to work, workrelated physical activity, and leisure-time physical activity (including leisure-time activity level and sport activity). A median follow-up time of 20.2years was obtained with anonymous record linkage providing 3878 deaths (CVD: 1357; cancer: 1351). Adjusted Cox proportional hazard models were calculated. RE-SULTS: There were no significant associations between commuting and work-related physical activities, respectively, and mortality. Leisure-time activity level was associated with all-cause mortality in men ConclusionsThese results underline the public health relevance of physical activity for the prevention of CVD and cancer, especially regarding leisure-time physical activity.

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“…Few studies which investigated the association between PAL and academic performance have found a positive relationship between academic performance and PAL, especially regarding vigorous activities 18,19 however, others have not found this association 20,21 . Morales et al 22 found a linear relation between self-reported daily PAL and academic performance.…”

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Is the association between unhealthy weight and academic performance influenced by children’s physical activity level?

Santana

Azevedo

Ferreira

et al. 2015

Rev Bras Ativ Fís Saúde

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The purpose of this study was to verify the association between unhealthy weight and academic performance and the influence of physical activity level (PAL) in elementary school children. This study was conducted with 450 elementary school students (50% girls) enrolled in 1st to 4th grades. PAL was assessed by self-reported questionnaire of typical physical activity and daily food intake (DAFA). <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: ";Times New Roman";,serif; mso-fareast-font-family: ";Arial Unicode MS";; mso-hansi-font-family: ";Arial Unicode MS";; mso-bidi-font-family: ";Times New Roman";; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Academic achievement (Portuguese and Mathematics) was estimated based on the academic performance system of public schools from Recife/Brazil. Binary logistic regression was used to verify the association between unhealthy weight (underweight and overweight) and normal weight with academic performance. The results showed that 26.6% of the students presented overweight, 11.1% presented underweight, 49.1% and 50.9% were classified as high and low PAL, respectively. In addition, 56.9% had sufficient academic performance in Portuguese and 51.1% had sufficient academic performance in Mathematics. Students with overweight presented higher odds for insufficient performance in Portuguese when compared to normal weight counterparts, even when adjusted for reported PAL, gender and age (OR = 1.69; 95%CI: 1.08-2.64). The results corroborate with evidences that unhealthy weight is associated with poor academic performance in children.

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Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Academic Performance in Finnish Children

Cited by 115 publications

References 28 publications

Correlates of Achieving the Guidelines of Four Forms of Physical Activity, and the Relationship between Guidelines Achievement and Academic Performance: Undergraduate Students in Finland

Correlates of Achieving the Guidelines of Four Forms of Physical Activity, and the Relationship between Guidelines Achievement and Academic Performance: Undergraduate Students in Finland

Impact of different domains of physical activity on cause-specific mortality: A longitudinal study

Is the association between unhealthy weight and academic performance influenced by children’s physical activity level?

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