Accelerometer-based physical activity levels, fundamental movement skills and weight status in British preschool children from a deprived area
Journal article
Authors | Roscoe, Clare M. P., James, Rob S. and Duncan, Michael J. |
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Abstract | Preschool children are recommended to participate in a minimum of 180-min physical activity (PA) per day to enhance their development and overall health. Low PA and increased obesity are thought to be linked to low mastery of fundamental movement skills (FMS) in preschool children. This study sought to investigate whether FMS influences PA levels and weight status in preschool children, in an area of low socioeconomic status. Secondary aims of this study were to determine whether gender or day of the week affected the primary outcomes. One hundred eighty-five preschool children aged 3–4 years old, participated in the study. FMS proficiency was determined using the Test of Gross Motor Development-2. PA was determined using triaxial accelerometry over a 4-day period. None of the samples met the recommended 180 min of PA. There were no significant differences in PA or weight status between preschool children with high, medium or low FMS mastery (P < 0.05). There were also no significant correlations between overall FMS and moderate to vigorous PA during the week or weekend days. Conclusion: Girls scored significantly greater at the hop, leap, and skip (locomotor skills) and the boys significantly higher at the kick (object control) (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in PA or weight status between preschool children with high, medium, or low FMS mastery, possibly because FMS mastery had not developed to a high enough level to affect PA and FMS are considered independent of physical fitness and physical features, such as weight and height. |
Keywords | Physical activity; Fundamental movement skills; Preschool children; GENEActiv Accelerometer; Test of Gross Motor Development-2 |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | European Journal of Pediatrics |
Publisher | Springer |
ISSN | 03406199 |
14321076 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-019-03390-z |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/623805 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | |
hdl:10545/623805 | |
Publication dates | 26 Apr 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 31 May 2019, 09:08 |
Accepted | 04 Apr 2019 |
Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States |
Contributors | University of Derby and Coventry University |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/926v0/accelerometer-based-physical-activity-levels-fundamental-movement-skills-and-weight-status-in-british-preschool-children-from-a-deprived-area
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