Physical activity of children in family child care.
Physical activity was monitored for 65 boys and girls, during family child care, using accelerometry. Average accelerometer wear time was 7.0 h (SD = 0.83), and average counts per epoch were 104.6 (SD = 31.6). Mean minutes per hour of moderate-vigorous physical activity and sedentary behaviour were 1.76 min (SD = 0.90) and 39.49 min (SD = 4.50), respectively. The very low levels of moderate-vigorous physical activity suggest that the young children in this study may be insufficiently active during child care.
Temple
Viviene A
VA
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 3P1, Canada. vtemple@uvic.ca
Naylor
Patti-Jean
PJ
Rhodes
Ryan E
RE
Higgins
Joan Wharf
JW
D002654:Child Care; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D009048:Motor Skills; D010988:Play and Playthings; D013997:Time Factors