Physical Activity During Recess Outdoors and Indoors Among Urban Public School Students, St. Louis, Missouri, 2010–2011

Physical Activity During Recess Outdoors and Indoors Among Urban Public School Students, St. Louis, Missouri, 2010–2011

We measured the quantity and intensity of physical activity in 106 urban public school students during recess outdoors, recess indoors in the gym, and recess indoors in the classroom. Students in grades 2 through 5 wore accelerometer pedometers for an average of 6.2 (standard deviation [SD], 1.4) re...

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Main Authors: Tran, Irene, Clark, B. Ruth, Racette, Susan B.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3839587/
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spelling pubmed-38395872013-12-10 Physical Activity During Recess Outdoors and Indoors Among Urban Public School Students, St. Louis, Missouri, 2010–2011 Tran, Irene Clark, B. Ruth Racette, Susan B. Brief We measured the quantity and intensity of physical activity in 106 urban public school students during recess outdoors, recess indoors in the gym, and recess indoors in the classroom. Students in grades 2 through 5 wore accelerometer pedometers for an average of 6.2 (standard deviation [SD], 1.4) recess periods over 8 weeks; a subsample of 26 also wore heart rate monitors. We determined, on the basis of 655 recess observations, that outdoor recess enabled more total steps per recess period (P < .0001), more steps in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (P < .0001), and higher heart rates than recess in the gym or classroom. To maximize physical activity quantity and intensity, school policies should promote outdoor recess. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3839587/ /pubmed/24262028 http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.130135 Text en
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author Tran, Irene
Clark, B. Ruth
Racette, Susan B.
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Clark, B. Ruth
Racette, Susan B.
Physical Activity During Recess Outdoors and Indoors Among Urban Public School Students, St. Louis, Missouri, 2010–2011
author_facet Tran, Irene
Clark, B. Ruth
Racette, Susan B.
author_sort Tran, Irene
title Physical Activity During Recess Outdoors and Indoors Among Urban Public School Students, St. Louis, Missouri, 2010–2011
title_short Physical Activity During Recess Outdoors and Indoors Among Urban Public School Students, St. Louis, Missouri, 2010–2011
title_full Physical Activity During Recess Outdoors and Indoors Among Urban Public School Students, St. Louis, Missouri, 2010–2011
title_fullStr Physical Activity During Recess Outdoors and Indoors Among Urban Public School Students, St. Louis, Missouri, 2010–2011
title_full_unstemmed Physical Activity During Recess Outdoors and Indoors Among Urban Public School Students, St. Louis, Missouri, 2010–2011
title_sort physical activity during recess outdoors and indoors among urban public school students, st. louis, missouri, 2010–2011
description We measured the quantity and intensity of physical activity in 106 urban public school students during recess outdoors, recess indoors in the gym, and recess indoors in the classroom. Students in grades 2 through 5 wore accelerometer pedometers for an average of 6.2 (standard deviation [SD], 1.4) recess periods over 8 weeks; a subsample of 26 also wore heart rate monitors. We determined, on the basis of 655 recess observations, that outdoor recess enabled more total steps per recess period (P < .0001), more steps in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (P < .0001), and higher heart rates than recess in the gym or classroom. To maximize physical activity quantity and intensity, school policies should promote outdoor recess.
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
publishDate 2013
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3839587/
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