Resumen de Student and Parent Self-Reported Changes in Physical Activity Behavior While Wearing an Unsealed Pedometer

Michael W. Beets, Arissa G. Eilert, Kenneth H. Pitetti, John T. Foley

• Child¿parent pairs (n = 109) completed a questionnaire assessing whether changes in normal physical activity levels occurred (child) or were observed (parent) when the children wore a pedometer for 7 days. Over two-thirds of the children (78.5%) and almost half of the parents (47.3%) indicated an increase in the child¿s normal physical activity. Reduced television viewing (75.2%) and increased outdoor play on the weekend (35.8%) were the most frequently reported means of behavior change as reported by the children and parents, respectively. Results indicate that both children and parents perceive a reactive effect to wearing an unsealed pedometer.