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Physical fitness and sport activity of children and adolescents: Methodological aspects of a regional survey

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  • Françoise Narring
  • Michel Cauderay
  • Claude Cavadini
  • Pierre-André Michaud

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La mesure de la condition physique et de l'activité physique des enfants et des adolescents pose des problèmes méthodologiques particuliers, qui expliquent sans doute le petit nombre d'études de ce type dans les pays européens et en Suisse. Cet article présente la procédure et les méthodes utilisées dans une enquête sur la condition physique, l'activité physique et la santé, réalisée dans un canton de Suisse et discute le choix des instruments et des procédures mises en œuvre pour assurer la qualité des mesures de la condition physique et d'activité physique. L'enquête a été conduite dans un échantillon de 3'540 élèves de 9 à 19 ans et comprenait des mesures de la condition physique grâce à une batterie de tests, des mesures anthropométriques et un questionnaire sur l'activité physique, la pratique sportive et les habitudes de vie. Dans un souséchantillon, on a utilisé un pédomètre mesurant l'activité physique quotidienne, un journal alimentaire de trois jours et un dosage sanguin des lipides et du status nutritionnel. Quelques résultats sont donnés à titre d'exemple. Les mesures mises en place pour assurer la qualité des données recueillies sont discutées, ainsi que le choix des instruments de mesure de la condition physique, de l'activité physique, de la pratique sportive et de l'alimentation. La réalisation de tables de référence locales pour les tests de condition physique a permis d'introduire l'utilisation des tests de condition physique dans l'enseignement de l'éducation physique, et de sensibiliser le milieu scolaire à l'importance de l'activité physique dans une stratégie de promotion de la santé. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag 1999

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  • Françoise Narring & Michel Cauderay & Claude Cavadini & Pierre-André Michaud, 1999. "Physical fitness and sport activity of children and adolescents: Methodological aspects of a regional survey," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 44(2), pages 44-54, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:44:y:1999:i:2:p:44-54
    DOI: 10.1007/BF01667126
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