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Physical activity among preschoolers during indoor and outdoor childcare play periods
Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (2013)
  • Leigh M Vanderloo, Western University
  • Patricia Tucker, Western University
  • Andrew M Johnson, Western University
  • Jeffrey D Holmes, Western University
Abstract

Preschoolers' (n = 31) physical activity (PA) levels during indoor and outdoor childcare hours were explored using accelerometers. Participants engaged in 0.54 min/h (SD = 0.59) of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) and 14.42 min/h (SD = 6.78) of total PA (TPA) indoors compared with 5.03 min/h (SD = 4.92) of MVPA and 31.68 min/h (SD = 0.83) of TPA outdoors. Boys and girls engaged in significantly more TPA outdoors; however, only boys demonstrated a significant increase in MVPA outdoors.

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Publication Date
January, 2013
Citation Information
Leigh M Vanderloo, Patricia Tucker, Andrew M Johnson and Jeffrey D Holmes. "Physical activity among preschoolers during indoor and outdoor childcare play periods" Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism Vol. 38 Iss. 11 (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/trish_tucker/44/