Skolegårdens betydning for børns daglige fysiske aktivitet

Forfattere

  • Glen Nielsen Københavns Universitet

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/ffi.v29i1.31631

Resumé

School grounds and children’s daily physical activity

This study investigates the influence of school playgrounds on children’s daily physical activity by combining results of comparable studies on children’s physical activity and playground facilities in two suburban municipalities in Denmark and in seven rural communities in New Zealand. Physical activity data were obtained using accelerometers and related to the number of permanent play facilities in school grounds. Children had high levels of physical activity during organized sports and PE as well as during recess and after school daycare. However boys had higher levels of self-organized physical activity during school recess and afterschool daycare resulting in a higher total amount of activity. In both studies the number of play facilities in the school grounds was positively associated with all measures of children’s amounts of activity, independent of gender and socioeconomic background. Increasing the number of play facilities in primary school playgrounds may increase the level of children’s daily physical activity.

Forfatterbiografi

Glen Nielsen, Københavns Universitet

Glen Nielsen, adjunkt, Institut for Idræt og Ernæring, Københavns Universitet. Forskningsemner: Børns daglige bevægelsesaktiviteter, inklusion og eksklusion i idræt og anden fysisk aktivitet, samspillet mellem sociokulturel baggrund og kontekster for fysisk aktivitet, samt udeskoles betydning for børns trivsel, læring og sundhed.

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Publiceret

2013-03-01

Citation/Eksport

Nielsen, G. (2013). Skolegårdens betydning for børns daglige fysiske aktivitet. Forum for Idræt, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.7146/ffi.v29i1.31631

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Sektion

Forum for Idræt - Generelt