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KMID : 0858820100270030033
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2010 Volume.27 No. 3 p.33 ~ p.47
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Factors Associated with Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among Elementary School Students
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Kim Bong-Jeong
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify personal and social environmental factors associated with physical activity and sedentary behavior among elementary school students.
Methods: Cross-sectional self-reported data were collected from a conveniently clustering sample population of 1538 grade 5 to 6 students attending 19 elementary schools in Seoul metropolitan city and Gyeonggi province. Data were statistically analyzed using Chi-square test and multiple logistic regression analysis.
Results: In multiple logistic regression analyses, significant factors that were associated with schoolchildren"s physical activity were gender, father"s job, social support for physical activity, friend support, participation in school physical education class. Father"s education level, mother"s job, family functioning and urban residents were significantly associated with TV viewing and gender, age, BMI(obesity), mother"s job, family functioning and urban residents were significantly associated with playing computer games among elementary schoolchildren. These results showed that physical activity among elementary school students was most associated with social environmental factors and sedentary behavior among school students was most associated with personal and family environment factors.
Conclusion: Health care providers should develop interventions to improve these family and social environmental factors to increase physical activity levels and to decrease sedentary behavior among elementary schoolchildren.
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KEYWORD
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Physical activity, Sedentary behavior, School students
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