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Results from Estonia’s 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: Research Gaps and Five Key Messages and Actions to Follow

The aim of this article is to summarize the results of the 2022 Estonian Physical Activity Report Card across 10 indicators based on available scientific data and national databases, and, additionally, to compare the current results with previous Report Card results. A national expert panel, consist...

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Autores principales: Mäestu, Evelin, Kull, Merike, Mäestu, Jarek, Pihu, Maret, Kais, Kristjan, Riso, Eva-Maria, Koka, Andre, Tilga, Henri, Jürimäe, Jaak
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10453862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37628368
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10081369
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author Mäestu, Evelin
Kull, Merike
Mäestu, Jarek
Pihu, Maret
Kais, Kristjan
Riso, Eva-Maria
Koka, Andre
Tilga, Henri
Jürimäe, Jaak
author_facet Mäestu, Evelin
Kull, Merike
Mäestu, Jarek
Pihu, Maret
Kais, Kristjan
Riso, Eva-Maria
Koka, Andre
Tilga, Henri
Jürimäe, Jaak
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description The aim of this article is to summarize the results of the 2022 Estonian Physical Activity Report Card across 10 indicators based on available scientific data and national databases, and, additionally, to compare the current results with previous Report Card results. A national expert panel, consisting of research and policy experts, identified the available sources and synthesized as well as graded relevant data related to the physical activity (PA) of Estonian children and youth. Grade B was assigned to Organized Sports and Physical Activity (B−), Community and Environment (B+), and Government (B). Grade C was assigned to Overall Physical Activity (C+), Physical Fitness (C+), Family and Peers (C−), and School (C+). The lowest grade, D, was assigned to Active Play (D), Active Transportation (D+), and Sedentary Behaviors (D−). In Estonia, the participation rate in organized sport is relatively high, and government in addition to community support seem to be at a relatively good level. However, a relatively high number of children and youth did not meet the current PA guidelines, and the levels of sedentary behavior and screen time were very high. The PA of children and youth should be a cross-disciplinary priority, and focus should be put on developing schoolyards and outdoor breaks, varied and easily accessible organized sport, the use of active transportation, and the implementation of physical education that supports leisure time activities.
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spelling pubmed-104538622023-08-26 Results from Estonia’s 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: Research Gaps and Five Key Messages and Actions to Follow Mäestu, Evelin Kull, Merike Mäestu, Jarek Pihu, Maret Kais, Kristjan Riso, Eva-Maria Koka, Andre Tilga, Henri Jürimäe, Jaak Children (Basel) Article The aim of this article is to summarize the results of the 2022 Estonian Physical Activity Report Card across 10 indicators based on available scientific data and national databases, and, additionally, to compare the current results with previous Report Card results. A national expert panel, consisting of research and policy experts, identified the available sources and synthesized as well as graded relevant data related to the physical activity (PA) of Estonian children and youth. Grade B was assigned to Organized Sports and Physical Activity (B−), Community and Environment (B+), and Government (B). Grade C was assigned to Overall Physical Activity (C+), Physical Fitness (C+), Family and Peers (C−), and School (C+). The lowest grade, D, was assigned to Active Play (D), Active Transportation (D+), and Sedentary Behaviors (D−). In Estonia, the participation rate in organized sport is relatively high, and government in addition to community support seem to be at a relatively good level. However, a relatively high number of children and youth did not meet the current PA guidelines, and the levels of sedentary behavior and screen time were very high. The PA of children and youth should be a cross-disciplinary priority, and focus should be put on developing schoolyards and outdoor breaks, varied and easily accessible organized sport, the use of active transportation, and the implementation of physical education that supports leisure time activities. MDPI 2023-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10453862/ /pubmed/37628368 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10081369 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Mäestu, Evelin
Kull, Merike
Mäestu, Jarek
Pihu, Maret
Kais, Kristjan
Riso, Eva-Maria
Koka, Andre
Tilga, Henri
Jürimäe, Jaak
Results from Estonia’s 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: Research Gaps and Five Key Messages and Actions to Follow
title Results from Estonia’s 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: Research Gaps and Five Key Messages and Actions to Follow
title_full Results from Estonia’s 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: Research Gaps and Five Key Messages and Actions to Follow
title_fullStr Results from Estonia’s 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: Research Gaps and Five Key Messages and Actions to Follow
title_full_unstemmed Results from Estonia’s 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: Research Gaps and Five Key Messages and Actions to Follow
title_short Results from Estonia’s 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: Research Gaps and Five Key Messages and Actions to Follow
title_sort results from estonia’s 2022 report card on physical activity for children and youth: research gaps and five key messages and actions to follow
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10453862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37628368
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10081369
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