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Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Patterns among Kenyan and Japanese Children: A Comprehensive Cross-Country Comparison
Health benefits of physical activity are well known, yet available physical activity data is limited from children living in African and Asian countries. The purpose of the cross-sectional study was to evaluate and compare physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns, particularly hourly variat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7344811/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32549222 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124254 |
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author | Kidokoro, Tetsuhiro Fuku, Noriyuki Yanagiya, Toshio Takeshita, Tomonari Takaragawa, Mizuki Annear, Michael Xiaojie, Tian Waiganjo, Luka B. Bogonko, Lamec F. Isika, Juliet K. Kigaru, Mbithe D. Mwangi, Francis M. |
author_facet | Kidokoro, Tetsuhiro Fuku, Noriyuki Yanagiya, Toshio Takeshita, Tomonari Takaragawa, Mizuki Annear, Michael Xiaojie, Tian Waiganjo, Luka B. Bogonko, Lamec F. Isika, Juliet K. Kigaru, Mbithe D. Mwangi, Francis M. |
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description | Health benefits of physical activity are well known, yet available physical activity data is limited from children living in African and Asian countries. The purpose of the cross-sectional study was to evaluate and compare physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns, particularly hourly variations, among children in Kenya and Japan. Participants included 298 primary school students (122 Kenyan, 176 Japanese) aged 9–12 years. Physical activity and sedentary behavior were measured with accelerometers. Domain-specific physical activity, screen time, and proportion of children using active transport to school were measured by questionnaire. A two-way ANOVA (countries × time) was used to examine the differences in the activity patterns between Kenyan and Japanese children. The results from the present study demonstrated that Kenyan children spent more time in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity compared to Japanese children (p < 0.05) with the greatest differences found for weekday evenings (for boys and girls) and weekend afternoons (for girls). This suggests that these were ‘critical periods’ to differentiate the physical activity levels between Kenyan and Japanese children. However, a higher proportion of the children from Japan used active transport to school and spent less time in television viewing and computer gaming. The results suggest that both countries have successes and challenges that can aid in developing effective and country-specific intervention strategies for promoting physical activity. |
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spelling | pubmed-73448112020-07-09 Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Patterns among Kenyan and Japanese Children: A Comprehensive Cross-Country Comparison Kidokoro, Tetsuhiro Fuku, Noriyuki Yanagiya, Toshio Takeshita, Tomonari Takaragawa, Mizuki Annear, Michael Xiaojie, Tian Waiganjo, Luka B. Bogonko, Lamec F. Isika, Juliet K. Kigaru, Mbithe D. Mwangi, Francis M. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Health benefits of physical activity are well known, yet available physical activity data is limited from children living in African and Asian countries. The purpose of the cross-sectional study was to evaluate and compare physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns, particularly hourly variations, among children in Kenya and Japan. Participants included 298 primary school students (122 Kenyan, 176 Japanese) aged 9–12 years. Physical activity and sedentary behavior were measured with accelerometers. Domain-specific physical activity, screen time, and proportion of children using active transport to school were measured by questionnaire. A two-way ANOVA (countries × time) was used to examine the differences in the activity patterns between Kenyan and Japanese children. The results from the present study demonstrated that Kenyan children spent more time in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity compared to Japanese children (p < 0.05) with the greatest differences found for weekday evenings (for boys and girls) and weekend afternoons (for girls). This suggests that these were ‘critical periods’ to differentiate the physical activity levels between Kenyan and Japanese children. However, a higher proportion of the children from Japan used active transport to school and spent less time in television viewing and computer gaming. The results suggest that both countries have successes and challenges that can aid in developing effective and country-specific intervention strategies for promoting physical activity. MDPI 2020-06-15 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7344811/ /pubmed/32549222 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124254 Text en © 2020 by the authors. 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kidokoro, Tetsuhiro Fuku, Noriyuki Yanagiya, Toshio Takeshita, Tomonari Takaragawa, Mizuki Annear, Michael Xiaojie, Tian Waiganjo, Luka B. Bogonko, Lamec F. Isika, Juliet K. Kigaru, Mbithe D. Mwangi, Francis M. Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Patterns among Kenyan and Japanese Children: A Comprehensive Cross-Country Comparison |
title | Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Patterns among Kenyan and Japanese Children: A Comprehensive Cross-Country Comparison |
title_full | Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Patterns among Kenyan and Japanese Children: A Comprehensive Cross-Country Comparison |
title_fullStr | Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Patterns among Kenyan and Japanese Children: A Comprehensive Cross-Country Comparison |
title_full_unstemmed | Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Patterns among Kenyan and Japanese Children: A Comprehensive Cross-Country Comparison |
title_short | Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Patterns among Kenyan and Japanese Children: A Comprehensive Cross-Country Comparison |
title_sort | physical activity and sedentary behaviour patterns among kenyan and japanese children: a comprehensive cross-country comparison |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7344811/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32549222 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124254 |
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