scholarly journals Validity of the original algorithm for assessing physical activity and sedentary behavior from the Youth Activity Profile in Czech children and adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukáš Jakubec ◽  
Jan Dygrýn ◽  
Adam Šimůnek ◽  
Karel Frömel
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Activity Profile ◽  
Original Algorithm ◽  
Youth Activity

scholarly journals Results From Spain’s 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (s2) ◽  
pp. S279-S283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blanca Roman-Viñas ◽  
Jorge Marin ◽  
Mairena Sánchez-López ◽  
Susana Aznar ◽  
Rosaura Leis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Report Card ◽  
Organized Sports ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Research Working Group ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Card Model

Background:The first Active Healthy Kids Spanish Report Card aims to gather the most robust information about physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior of children and adolescents.Methods:A Research Working Group of experts on PA and sport sciences was convened. A comprehensive data search, based on a review of the literature, dissertations, gray literature, and experts’ nonpublished data, was conducted to identify the best sources to grade each indicator following the procedures and methodology outlined by the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card model.Results:Overall PA (based on objective and self-reported methods) was graded as D-, Organized Sports Participation as B, Active Play as C+, Active Transportation as C, Sedentary Behavior as D, School as C, and Family and Peers as Incomplete, Community and the Built Environment as Incomplete, and Government as Incomplete.Conclusions:Spanish children and adolescents showed low levels of adherence to PA and sedentary behavior guidelines, especially females and adolescents. There is a need to achieve consensus and harmonize methods to evaluate PA and sedentary behavior to monitor changes over time and to evaluate the effectiveness of policies to promote PA.

scholarly journals Indicators to Assess Physical Health of Children and Adolescents in Activity Research—A Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 10711
Author(s):  
Simon Kolb ◽  
Alexander Burchartz ◽  
Doris Oriwol ◽  
Steffen C. E. Schmidt ◽  
Alexander Woll ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence

Sufficient physical activity can help promote and maintain health, while its lack can jeopardize it. Since health and physical activity lay their foundation for later life in childhood and adolescence, it is important to examine this relationship from the beginning. Therefore, this scoping review aims to provide an overview of physical health indicators in children and adolescents in research on the effects of physical activity and sedentary behavior. We identified the indicators used to quantify or assess physical health and summarized the methods used to measure these indicators. We systematically searched Scopus, Pubmed, and Web of Science databases for systematic reviews. The search yielded 4595 records from which 32 records were included in the review. The measurements for physical health reported in the reviews contained measures of body composition, cardiometabolic biomarkers, physical fitness, harm/injury, or bone health. Body composition was the most used indicator to assess and evaluate physical health in children, whereas information on harm and injury was barely available. In future research longitudinal studies are mandatory to focus on the prospective relationships between physical activity or sedentary behavior, and physical health.

scholarly journals Co-existence Of Physical Activity And Sedentary Behavior Among Children And Adolescents In Shanghai, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 221
Author(s):  
Yang Liu ◽  
Si-Tong Chen ◽  
Jin-Tao Hong ◽  
Yan Tang ◽  
Zhen-Bo Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Sedentary Behavior

scholarly journals Calibration and Validation of the Youth Activity Profile as a Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Surveillance Tool for English Youth

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (19) ◽  
pp. 3711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart J. Fairclough ◽  
Danielle L. Christian ◽  
Pedro F. Saint-Maurice ◽  
Paul R. Hibbing ◽  
Robert J. Noonan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Sedentary Behaviour ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
School Level ◽  
Activity Profile ◽  
Sensewear Armband ◽  
Sensitivity Specificity ◽  
Youth Activity ◽  
Out Of School

Self-reported youth physical activity (PA) is typically overestimated. We aimed to calibrate and validate a self-report tool among English youth. Four-hundred-and-two participants (aged 9–16 years; 212 boys) wore SenseWear Armband Mini devices (SWA) for eight days and completed the self-report Youth Activity Profile (YAP) on the eighth day. Calibration algorithms for temporally matched segments were generated from the YAP data using quantile regression. The algorithms were applied in an independent cross-validation sample, and student- and school-level agreement were assessed. The utility of the YAP algorithms to assess compliance to PA guidelines was also examined. The school-level bias for the YAP estimates of in-school, out-of-school, and weekend moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) were 17.2 (34.4), 31.6 (14.0), and −4.9 (3.6) min·week−1, respectively. Out-of-school sedentary behaviour (SB) was over-predicted by 109.2 (11.8) min·week−1. Predicted YAP values were within 15%–20% equivalence of the SWA estimates. The classification accuracy of the YAP MVPA estimates for compliance to 60 min·day−1 and 30 min·school-day−1 MVPA recommendations were 91%/37% and 89%/57% sensitivity/specificity, respectively. The YAP generated robust school-level estimates of MVPA and SB and has potential for surveillance to monitor compliance with PA guidelines. The accuracy of the YAP may be further improved through research with more representative UK samples to enhance the calibration process and to refine the resultant algorithms.

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