Title :

Effects of a playground marking intervention on school recess physical activity in French children.

Author(s) :

Blaes, Aurélie [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société (URePSSS) - ULR 7369 - ULR 4488 [URePSSS]
Ridgers, Nicola D [Auteur]

Aucouturier, Julien [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société (URePSSS) - EA 7369
Van Praagh, Emmanuel [Auteur]
Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 [UBP]
Berthoin, Serge [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société (URePSSS) - ULR 7369
Baquet, Georges [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société (URePSSS) - ULR 7369

Journal title :

Preventive medicine

Abbreviated title :

Prev Med

Volume number :

57

Pages :

580-4

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

2013-11-01

ISSN :

1096-0260

English keyword(s) :

Accelerometry
Child
Environment Design
Female
France
Humans
Male
Motor Activity
Play and Playthings
Recreation
School Health Services
Sex Factors
Accelerometry
Behavior
Boys
Girls
Play

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

English abstract : [en]

Playground interventions offer an opportunity to enhance school recess physical activity. We aimed to assess the effects of playground marking on objectively measured school recess physical activity in French children. ...
Show more >Playground interventions offer an opportunity to enhance school recess physical activity. We aimed to assess the effects of playground marking on objectively measured school recess physical activity in French children. Participants were four hundred and twenty children (6-11years old) from 4 primary schools in Nord-Pas de Calais, France. Children's physical activity (PA) was measured with a uniaxial accelerometer twice a day (morning and afternoon recess) during a 4-day school week in April and May 2009. Two experimental schools (EG) received a recess-based intervention (playground markings) and two others served as controls (CG). Percentage of time spent on the following intensities of physical activity during school recess was measured before and after intervention: sedentary (SED), light physical activity (LPA), moderate physical activity (MPA), vigorous physical activity (VPA), very high physical activity (VHPA) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). At baseline, school recess PA among children from CG was significantly (p<0.001) higher than that among EG children. No interaction was observed between the recess-based intervention and gender. After the intervention, the EG spent significantly (p<0.05) more time in MPA, VPA and MVPA with a concomitant significant decrease in SED (p<0.05) compared to baseline, while the PA in CG remained unchanged. Painted playground markings had a positive short-term effect on school recess physical activity levels.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
Univ. Artois
Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale

Collections :

• Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société (URePSSS) - ULR 7369

Research team(s) :

Activité Physique, Muscle, Santé (APMS)

Submission date :

2021-11-14T10:39:13Z
2021-12-02T09:22:59Z
2021-12-02T09:24:59Z