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Step based physical activity guidelines for preschool-aged children
| dc.contributor.author | Vale, Susana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Trost, Stewart G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Duncan, Michael J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mota, Jorge | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-29T15:44:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-01T01:30:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective Public health organizations recommend that preschool-aged children accumulate at least 3 h of physical activity (PA) daily. Objective monitoring using pedometers offers an opportunity to measure preschooler's PA and assess compliance with this recommendation. The purpose of this study was to derive step-based recommendations consistent with the 3 h PA recommendation for preschool-aged children. Method The study sample comprised 916 preschool-aged children, aged 3 to 6 years (mean age = 5.0 ± 0.8 years). Children were recruited from kindergartens located in Portugal, between 2009 and 2013. Children wore an ActiGraph GT1M accelerometer that measured PA intensity and steps per day simultaneously over a 7-day monitoring period. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to identify the daily step count threshold associated with meeting the daily 3 hour PA recommendation. Results A significant correlation was observed between minutes of total PA and steps per day (r = 0.76, p < 0.001). The optimal step count for ≥ 3 h of total PA was 9099 steps per day (sensitivity (90%) and specificity (66%)) with area under the ROC curve = 0.86 (95% CI: 0.84 to 0.88). Conclusion Preschool-aged children who accumulate less than 9000 steps per day may be considered Insufficiently Active. | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.11.008 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/7574 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | pt_PT |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743514004198 | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Physical activity guidelines | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Steps | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Preschool children | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Step based physical activity guidelines for preschool-aged children | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 82 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 78 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Preventive Medicine | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 70 | pt_PT |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |