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The Role of Family Time Together in Meeting the Recommendation for Physical Activity among Primary School Children

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  • Agata Korcz

    (Department of Didactics of Physical Activity, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznań, Poland)

  • Jana Krzysztoszek

    (Department of Didactics of Physical Activity, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznań, Poland)

  • Marlena Łopatka

    (Department of Didactics of Physical Activity, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznań, Poland)

  • Mateusz Ludwiczak

    (Department of Didactics of Physical Activity, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznań, Poland
    Mikołaj Kopernik School of Communications, Przełajowa 4, 61-622 Poznań, Poland)

  • Paulina Górska

    (Department of Didactics of Physical Activity, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznań, Poland
    Chair and Department of Bromatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Marcelińska 42, 60-354 Poznań, Poland)

  • Michał Bronikowski

    (Department of Didactics of Physical Activity, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznań, Poland)

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Family time may have an influence on children’s physical activity (PA) participation or may contribute to increased sedentary behaviour. The aim of this paper was to examine whether spending family time is associated with the PA of children aged 10–11. Cross-sectional data on 158 primary school children (80 girls and 78 boys) with a mean age of 10.6 ± 0.49 years were collected. Weight and height were used to calculate body mass index. The level of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) was determined with a physical activity screening measure. Participants wore a Vivofit ® wrist band activity tracker to measure their daily number of steps. The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children questionnaire was used to obtain information from children about the frequency of activities undertaken by the family. Analyses entailed descriptive statistics of the total sample and by gender, t -test, and the Mann–Whitney U-test to examine the gender differences and Spearman’s correlation coefficients. It was found that 32.3% of the children did not accomplish at least 60 min per day on ≥5 of the seven days and more than 75.9% of them did not accumulate at least 12,000 or more steps daily. More boys than girls tended to be sufficiently active and met the guideline of at least 60 min per day on ≥5 of the seven days (70.5% and 65.0%, respectively) or 12,000 steps per day (25.8% and 10.0%, respectively). The number of steps during the weekday was significantly and inversely associated both in girls and in boys with active family time ( r = −0.27 and r = −0.25, respectively), and with total family time ( r = −0.28) and non-active family time ( r = −0.25) only in boys. Average MVPA was also inversely correlated with active family time ( r = −0.31), non-active family time ( r = −0.24), and total family time ( r = −0.29) in boys. The correlation effect size values ranged between small to medium significant differences for these measures. The findings underscore the need for community-based PA programmes designed for whole families to meet the recommended PA of children and also to develop and promote active leisure activities among families.

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  • Agata Korcz & Jana Krzysztoszek & Marlena Łopatka & Mateusz Ludwiczak & Paulina Górska & Michał Bronikowski, 2020. "The Role of Family Time Together in Meeting the Recommendation for Physical Activity among Primary School Children," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(11), pages 1-14, June.
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