Physical activity of children in family child care

Physical activity was monitored for 65 boys and girls, during family child care, using accelerometry. Average accelerometer wear time was 7.0 h (SD = 0.83), and average counts per epoch were 104.6 (SD = 31.6). Mean minutes per hour of moderate-vigorous physical activity and sedentary behaviour were...

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Published in:Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism nutrition, and metabolism, 2009-08, Vol.34 (4), p.794-798
Main Authors: Temple, Viviene A, Naylor, Patti-Jean, Rhodes, Ryan E, Higgins, Joan Wharf
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
activité motrice
Analysis
Biological and medical sciences
child
Child Care
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Cross-Sectional Studies
enfant
exercice physique
Exercise
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
gender
genre
Humans
Male
Monitoring, Physiologic - instrumentation
motor activity
Motor Skills
Physiological aspects
Play and Playthings
preschool
préscolaire
service de garde en milieu familial
Time Factors
Vertebrates: body movement. Posture. Locomotion. Flight. Swimming. Physical exercise. Rest. Sports
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Summary:Physical activity was monitored for 65 boys and girls, during family child care, using accelerometry. Average accelerometer wear time was 7.0 h (SD = 0.83), and average counts per epoch were 104.6 (SD = 31.6). Mean minutes per hour of moderate-vigorous physical activity and sedentary behaviour were 1.76 min (SD = 0.90) and 39.49 min (SD = 4.50), respectively. The very low levels of moderate-vigorous physical activity suggest that the young children in this study may be insufficiently active during child care.
ISSN:1715-5312
1715-5320
DOI:10.1139/H09-061