Secular trends in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in 32 countries from 2002 to 2010: A cross-national perspective

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-40

  Kalman, Michal ^a   Inchley, Jo ^b   Sigmundova, Dagmar ^a   Iannotti, Ronald J ^c   Tynjälä, Jorma A ^d   Hamrik, Zdenek ^a   Haug, Ellen ^e   Bucksch, Jens ^f  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e Department of Education   (Norway)

^f BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CHILD; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORTH AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CHILD; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84926680759     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv024     Document Type: Review

References (19)

1. Janssen I, LeBlanc AG. Systematic review of the health benefits of physical activity and fitness in school-aged children and youth. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2010;7:40.
2. World Health Organization. Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health. Geneva: WHO Press, 2010.
3. Ekelund U, Tomkinson G, Armstrong N. What proportion of youth are physically active? Measurement issues, levels and recent time trends. Brit J Sport Med 2011;45:859-65.
4. Hallal PC, Andersen LB, Bull F, et al. Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects. Lancet 2012;380:20-31.
5. Currie C, Zanotti C, Morgan A, et al. Social determinants of health and well-being among young people. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study: International report from the 2009/2010 survey. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2012.
6. Currie C, Griebler R, Inchley J, et al.Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study protocol: Background, methodology and mandatory items for the 2009/2010 survey. Edinburg CAHRU and Vienna: LBIHPR, 2011.
7. Prochaska JJ, Sallis JF, Long B. A physical activity screening measure for use with adolescents in primary care. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2001;155:554-9.
8. Liu Y, Wang M, Tynjälä J, et al. Test-retest reliability of selected items of Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey questionnaire in Beijing, China. BMC Med Res Methodol 2010;10:73.
9. Vuori M, Ojala K, Tynjälä J, et al. Liikuntaaktiivisuutta koskevien kysymysten stabiliteetti WHO-koululaistutkimuksessa (The stability of physical activity survey items in the HBSC study). Liikunta Tiede 2005;42:39-46.
10. Biddle SJ, Gorely T, Pearson N, Bull FC. An assessment of self-reported physical activity instruments in young people for population surveillance: Project ALPHA. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2011;8:1.
11. Currie C, Molcho M, Boyce W, et al. Researching health inequalities in adolescents: the development of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) family affluence scale. Soc Sci Med 2008;66:1429-36.
12. Li S, Treuth M, Wang Y. How active are American adolescents and have they become less active? Obes Rev 2010;11:847-62.
13. Huhman M, Lowry R, Lee SM, et al. Physical activity and screen time: trends in US children aged 9-13 years, 2002-2006. J Phys Act Health 2012;9:508.
14. Sigmundová D, El Ansari W, Sigmund E, Frömel K. Secular trends: a tenyear comparison of the amount and type of physical activity and inactivity of random samples of adolescents in the Czech Republic. BMC Public Health 2011;11:731.
15. Grize L, Bringolf-Isler B, Martin E, Braun-Fahrländer C. Trend in active transportation to school among Swiss school children and its associated factors: three cross-sectional surveys 1994, 2000 and 2005. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2010;7:28.
16. Owen N, Healy GN, Matthews CE, Dunstan DW. Too much sitting: the population-health science of sedentary behavior. Exerc Sport Sci Rev 2010;38:105-113.
17. Tremblay MS, Gray CE, Akinroye K, et al. Physical activity of children: a global matrix of grades comparing 15 countries. J Phys Act Health 2014;11(Suppl. 1): S113-25.
18. Inchley JC, Currie C, Todd JM, et al. Persistent socio-demographic differences in physical activity among Scottish schoolchildren 1990-2002. Eur J Public Health 2005;15:386-8.
19. Borraccino A, Lemma P, Iannotti RJ, et al. Socioeconomic effects on meeting physical activity guidelines: comparisons among 32 countries. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2009;41:749-56.