physical activity overview (midterm2)

Question 1

factors affecting activity behavior in children and adolescents

Answer 1

Biological heredity
social and cultural
psychological self efficacy
the physical environment

Question 2

Biological heredity factors affecting activity behaviour in children and adolescents

Answer 2

• adiposity and nutrition
• health status
• sexual maturation
  -motor skills
• physical fitness

Question 3

psychological self efficacy factors affecting activity behaviour in children and adolescents

Answer 3

• self schema for activity
• perception of barriers to activity
• attitudes about activity
• beliefs about activity

Question 4

The physical environment factors affecting activity behaviour in children and adolescents

Answer 4

• availability of activity facilities
  -seasonal variation
• climatic changes
  days of the week and holidays
• safety considerations
• entering the workforce versus school and studies

Question 5

The nature of physical activity in children and youth in early childhood

Answer 5

• spontaneous, intermittent, non organized
• jumping, sliding, swinging, running, cycling
• (Bailey et al) mod intensity avg duration: 6sec
  high intensity:3sec
• short energy burst, short attention span

Question 6

The nature of physical activity in children and youth in later childhood and adolescents

Answer 6

• cycling, walking, swimming, skating, team sports most popular
• tracking is stronger the shorter the time interval
• more structured, more longer sports better attention span

Question 7

MET

Answer 7

metabolic energy task

Question 8

CDC ACSM guidelines PA lvls

Answer 8

moderate activity: 3-6 METs
Vigorous activity: >6METs

Question 9

CSEP guidelines

Answer 9

light: greater or = 1.5-4METs
light chores, walking dog
Moderate: greater or = 4.1-6.9
skateboarding, rollerblading, baseball
Vigorous: >7 METs
fast biking, running, jumping rope

Question 10

MET of 1

Answer 10

completely at rest

Question 11

measuring, assessing and monitoring physical activity

Answer 11

accurate and reliable is hard
- children under 10 unable to accurately self report
- recall and desirability bias
- reliability and validity issues
questionnaire still widely used
objective measures preferred

Question 12

24 hour CSEP guidelines for infants and toddlers age 0-4

Answer 12

180min of PA at any intensity throughout the day

Question 13

type of infant activity

Answer 13

tummy time
reaching grasping toys
playing. or rolling on the floor
crawling

Question 14

toddler and preschoolers activity

Answer 14

mvt of all kinds: climbing stairs, playing and exploring outside
run, jump, dance, hop, bike ride

Question 15

24h CSEP guidelines for children and youth 5-11 and 12-17

Answer 15

sweat, step, sleep, sit
sweat: > 60min daily, vigorous 3x/wk, 3x bone+muscle strengthening

Question 16

tools to asses pa

Answer 16

accelorometer
pedometer
hr monitor