Summer day camp attendance facilitates some children meeting physical activity recommendations: Differences by gender and weight status Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The purpose of this study was to determine if participants in a summer camp met physical activity guidelines and to examine whether physical activity levels differed by gender, race, socio-economic status, or weight status. Height, weight, demographic information, and accelerometer-measured physical activity were obtained from 132 participants aged 612years at 6day camps. Participants engaged in an average of 57.7min (SD=26.54) of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity during the 8hr of camp. Almost 40% (39.8%) of the campers met the physical activity guidelines of at least 60min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity during the camp day, but there were gender and weight status differences. Results of an ANOVA analysis indicated that boys were more active than girls and normal weight children were more active than obese children. Summer day camp attendance appears to provide many children with an opportunity to attain recommended levels of physical activity, but differs by gender and weight status.

published proceedings

  • Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research

altmetric score

  • 5.08

author list (cited authors)

  • Baker, B. L., McGregor, A., Johnson, L. G., & Taylor, M.

citation count

  • 6

complete list of authors

  • Baker, Birgitta L||McGregor, Andrew||Johnson, Lisa G||Taylor, Melissa

publication date

  • December 2017

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