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- Title
Physical Activity During Soccer and its Contribution to Physical Activity Recommendations in Normal Weight and Overweight Children.
- Authors
Sacheck, Jennifer M.; Nelson, Tara; Ficker, Laura; Kafka, Tamar; Kuder, Julia; Economos, Christina D.
- Abstract
Amid the childhood obesity epidemic, understanding how organized sports participation contributes to meeting physical activity recommendations in children is important. Anthropometrics were measured in children (n = 111; 68% female, 9.1 ± 0.8yr) before one 50-min soccer match. Time spent at different physical activity intensity levels was examined using Actigraph accelerometers. 49% of the match time was spent in sedentary activity (25.4 ± 5.7 min), while 33% of the match (16.9 ± 4.7 min) was spent in moderate-to-vigorous activity (MVPA; p < .001). 22.5% of the children were overweight/obese and spent more time in sedentary activity (+3.2 ± 1.2 min; p < .05) and less time in MVPA (-3.0 ± 1.0 min; p < .01) compared with the normal weight children. These data demonstrate that playing an organized sport such as soccer only meets a portion (~25%) of the 60 min of MVPA recommended and even less of this recommendation is met by overweight/obese children.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL fitness; SOCCER for children; OVERWEIGHT children; BODY weight; CHILDREN'S health; EXERCISE; ANALYSIS of variance; COMPARATIVE studies; ENERGY metabolism in children; LONGITUDINAL method; CHILDHOOD obesity; PROBABILITY theory; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; SOCCER; STATURE; T-test (Statistics); TIME; BODY mass index; ACCELEROMETRY; EXERCISE intensity; FOOD diaries; DATA analysis software; CHILDREN
- Publication
Pediatric Exercise Science, 2011, Vol 23, Issue 2, p281
- ISSN
0899-8493
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/pes.23.2.281