Preschoolers Activity Trial

Launched by HEALTHY ACTIVE LIVING AND OBESITY RESEARCH GROUP · Nov 13, 2014

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Background \& Significance:

Objective measures of physical activity (PA) using accelerometers (motion sensors worn at the hip) reveal that preschoolers level of sedentary behaviour are high, and levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) are low (Pate et al., 2004, Reilly et al., 2004, 2006). Inquiry into preschoolers daily levels of PA suggest that 2.6% to 4% of waking hours are spent in MVPA (Reilly, 2004, 2006;Montgomery et al. 2004), and, during pre-school hours, Pate and colleagues found that 3 to 5 year old children engaged in 7.7 minutes of MVPA. A recent study of Canad...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Male or Female
• • 3 to 5 years old
• • Enrolled full-time at a participating, licensed daycare/child care facility
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Activity restrictions due to disease: unstable cardiac or pulmonary disease, significant arthritis
• • Other illness judged by the parent/guardian to make participation in this study inadvisable
• • Significant cognitive deficit resulting in inability to understand or comply with instructions
• • Inability to communicate in English or French
• • Unwillingness of parent/guardian to sign informed consent