Does sports club participation contribute to physical activity among children and adolescents? A comparison across six European countries.
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Date publication
juillet 2018
Journal
Scandinavian journal of public health
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr VAN HOYE Aurélie
Tous les auteurs :
Kokko S, Martin L, Geidne S, Van Hoye A, Lane A, Meganck J, Scheerder J, Seghers J, Villberg J, Kudlacek M, Badura P, Mononen K, Blomqvist M, De Clercq B, Koski P
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Résumé
Insufficient physical activity (PA) is one of the largest public health challenges of our time and requires a multisectoral public-health response. PA recommendations state that all children and adolescents should accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) daily and carry out vigorous PA (VPA) three times weekly. While participation in sports club activities is known to enhance the probability of reaching the recommended overall PA level, less is known about the contribution of sports club participation to VPA, and few cross-national comparisons have been carried out. The purpose of this paper is to study whether participation in sports club activities is associated with meeting the overall PA and VPA recommendations among children and adolescents across six European countries, namely Belgium (Flanders), Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ireland and Sweden.
Mots clés
Guidelines and recommendations, physical activity, public health, sport, sports club, youth
Référence
Scand J Public Health. 2018 Jul 1;:1403494818786110