Effects of a Three-Year Intervention on Children's Physical Activity From Age 4 to 7

• Autores: Pia Salo, Juhani Tuominen, Arja Sääkslahti, Hans Helenius, Pirkko Numminen
• Localización: Pediatric exercise science, ISSN 0899-8493, Vol. 16, Nº. 2, 2004, págs. 167-180
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study focused on the physical activities of 228 children over 3 years. Children were divided into control (n = 112) and intervention (n = 116) groups. Parents of intervention-group children received information and concrete suggestions on how, when, and where to encourage their child's physical activity. Children in the intervention group spent more time playing outdoors (p = .041) than did children in the control group, and play in the high-activity category increased with age (p < .001), whereas no change occurred in the control group. Our study showed that children's physical activity could be increased via family-based intervention