Determinants of Physical Activity for Latino and White Middle School-Aged Children

Autor/inn/en	Garcia, Aileen S.; Takahashi, Shinya; Anderson-Knott, Mindy; Dev, Dipti
Titel	Determinants of Physical Activity for Latino and White Middle School-Aged Children
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 89 (2019) 1, S.3-10 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Garcia, Aileen S.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12706
Schlagwörter	Physical Activity Level; Child Health; Health Behavior; Barriers; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Food; Knowledge Level; Eating Habits; Family Influence; Ethnicity; Whites; Hispanic Americans; Middle School Students; Health Promotion + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Lebensmittel; Wissensbasis; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Ethnizität; White; Weißer; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung
Abstract	Background: Physical activity (PA) has long been acknowledged to contribute health benefits among children. However, research has consistently shown that PA declines as children grow older. Thus, this study examined the factors which are associated to children's PA in order to identify potential barriers to PA. Methods: Using data from the KidQuest Program, we conducted bivariate and multivariate analyses on survey data collected from fifth to seventh grade students in a small Midwestern city. Results: We found that food knowledge, eating breakfast, and talking with family about eating healthy foods, are positively related to PA. On the other hand, screen time is negatively related to PA. In addition, our results evinced differences between ethnicities and found that Latino children's screen time affects their PA levels more than their white counterpart. Conclusions: There are different factors which can be tapped to increase PA among middle school-aged children. Given the differences between the Latino and white samples especially in screen time, schools should consider individualized intervention, rather than a "one size fits all" program, to increase PA participation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01