Patterns of Physical Activity and Overweight Among 7�13-Year-Old Russian Children: A 7-Year Nationally Representative Monitoring Study

• Autores: Catrine Tudor-Locke, Barbara E. Ainsworth, B.M. Popkin
• Localización: Research quarterly for exercise and sport, ISSN 0270-1367, Vol. 79, Nº. 1, 2008, págs. 10-17
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This is a repeated cross-sectional study of overweight and physical activity (PA) and inactivity patterns of successive samples of 7�13-year-old Russian children who were surveyed six times between 1995 and 2002 as part of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey. This analysis focused on moderate/vigorous (MOD/VIG) PA (e.g., active commuting to school, during school MOD/VIG PA as part of physical education classes, and/or before/after school MOD/VIG PA) and inactivity patterns (e.g., television viewing habits) obtained through parent proxy-reports of 3,507 boys (M age = 10.1 years, SD = 2.0; M body mass index = 17.5 kg/m2, SD = 3.0) and 3,273 girls (M age = 10.1 years, SD = 2.0; M body mass index = 17.2 kg/m2, SD = 3.0). Time spent in MOD/VIG PA appears to be on the rise, while the proportion of those actively commuting to school is decreasing, especially among girls.