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Environmental correlates of physical activity among children 10 to 13 years old in Wallonia (Belgium)

BACKGROUND: In Belgium, as in many other countries, the juvenile practice of physical activity is insufficient. A growing attention has been paid to environmental factors that may influence physical activity but with inconsistent findings. This study aims to estimate the association between daily li...

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Autores principales: Pedroni, Camille, Dujeu, Maud, Moreau, Nathalie, Lebacq, Thérésa, Méroc, Estelle, Godin, Isabelle, Castetbon, Katia
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6375145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30760269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6509-7
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author Pedroni, Camille
Dujeu, Maud
Moreau, Nathalie
Lebacq, Thérésa
Méroc, Estelle
Godin, Isabelle
Castetbon, Katia
author_facet Pedroni, Camille
Dujeu, Maud
Moreau, Nathalie
Lebacq, Thérésa
Méroc, Estelle
Godin, Isabelle
Castetbon, Katia
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description BACKGROUND: In Belgium, as in many other countries, the juvenile practice of physical activity is insufficient. A growing attention has been paid to environmental factors that may influence physical activity but with inconsistent findings. This study aims to estimate the association between daily life environment characteristics and physical activity among children 10 to 13 years old in Wallonia (Belgium). METHODS: Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire among 1940 children (HBSC survey). Associations between factors related to the children’s living environment and physical activity (vigorous physical activity (VPA) ≥ twice a week; global physical activity (GPA) defined as VPA ≥ twice a week and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity ≥1 h/day) were estimated using logistic regressions adjusted for potential confounders. RESULTS: Nearly three-quarters of the children practiced VPA ≥ twice a week, but only one in five practiced GPA consistent with recommendations. After adjustment, children living in a neighborhood with playgrounds or parks were more likely to achieve a recommended level of GPA (OR: 1.34 [1.04–1.73]), as were children who reported that other youngsters were present in their neighborhood with whom they could play outside (OR: 1.50 [1.12–1.99]). The presence of neighborhood children was also positively associated with VPA (OR: 1.80 [1.42–2.29]); in stratified analyses, the association was significant only among boys (OR: 1.95 [1.34–2.82]). Moreover, and only in girls (OR: 1.66 [1.10–2.49]), a feeling of safety in one’s neighborhood was positively associated with VPA. No association was found between VPA and the existence of a yard or a garden at home to go playing outside. CONCLUSION: Our results argue for developing actions aimed at creating living environments more favorable to children’s daily physical activity. More specifically, they help better understand the environment of Belgian children and thus contribute to better identify their needs.
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spelling pubmed-63751452019-02-26 Environmental correlates of physical activity among children 10 to 13 years old in Wallonia (Belgium) Pedroni, Camille Dujeu, Maud Moreau, Nathalie Lebacq, Thérésa Méroc, Estelle Godin, Isabelle Castetbon, Katia BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: In Belgium, as in many other countries, the juvenile practice of physical activity is insufficient. A growing attention has been paid to environmental factors that may influence physical activity but with inconsistent findings. This study aims to estimate the association between daily life environment characteristics and physical activity among children 10 to 13 years old in Wallonia (Belgium). METHODS: Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire among 1940 children (HBSC survey). Associations between factors related to the children’s living environment and physical activity (vigorous physical activity (VPA) ≥ twice a week; global physical activity (GPA) defined as VPA ≥ twice a week and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity ≥1 h/day) were estimated using logistic regressions adjusted for potential confounders. RESULTS: Nearly three-quarters of the children practiced VPA ≥ twice a week, but only one in five practiced GPA consistent with recommendations. After adjustment, children living in a neighborhood with playgrounds or parks were more likely to achieve a recommended level of GPA (OR: 1.34 [1.04–1.73]), as were children who reported that other youngsters were present in their neighborhood with whom they could play outside (OR: 1.50 [1.12–1.99]). The presence of neighborhood children was also positively associated with VPA (OR: 1.80 [1.42–2.29]); in stratified analyses, the association was significant only among boys (OR: 1.95 [1.34–2.82]). Moreover, and only in girls (OR: 1.66 [1.10–2.49]), a feeling of safety in one’s neighborhood was positively associated with VPA. No association was found between VPA and the existence of a yard or a garden at home to go playing outside. CONCLUSION: Our results argue for developing actions aimed at creating living environments more favorable to children’s daily physical activity. More specifically, they help better understand the environment of Belgian children and thus contribute to better identify their needs. BioMed Central 2019-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6375145/ /pubmed/30760269 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6509-7 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Méroc, Estelle
Godin, Isabelle
Castetbon, Katia
Environmental correlates of physical activity among children 10 to 13 years old in Wallonia (Belgium)
title Environmental correlates of physical activity among children 10 to 13 years old in Wallonia (Belgium)
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title_short Environmental correlates of physical activity among children 10 to 13 years old in Wallonia (Belgium)
title_sort environmental correlates of physical activity among children 10 to 13 years old in wallonia (belgium)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6375145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30760269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6509-7
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