Open AccessSports Contribute to Total Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity in School Children
Author(s) -
Ole Sprengeler,
Christoph Buck,
Antje Hebestreit,
Norman Wirsik,
Wolfgang Ahrens
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000001948
Subject(s) - confidence interval , physical activity , medicine , demography , sedentary behavior , odds ratio , pediatrics , physical therapy , sociology
A third of all children spend at least 60 min·d in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) as recommended by the World Health Organization. We investigated the distribution of objectively measured physical activity (PA) intensities achieved by schoolchildren during physical education (PE) and organized youth sports (OYS) and the contribution of PE and OYS to the achievement of the PA recommendations.