2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The relationship between living environment and physical activity among school children
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23700823
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Applied health science
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| Research Institution | Miyagi University of Education |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 近隣環境 / 身体活動 / 子ども |
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| Research Abstract |
The study on the determinants of physical activity has been mainly related to psychological factors and social factors. Recently, it is known that environmental factors are related to physical activity among youth. In this study, we aimed to reveal the relationship between physical activity and body physique of children and living environment.
We investigated the amount of physical activity and body physique for elementary school children. A questionnaire survey was conducted to evaluate the living environment that children live in. There was no statistically significant association between physical activity level and living environmental score. Although we carried out a survey on lifestyle and living conditions of children, it was observed that the "safety" score low group tend to spend many hours of watching TV. The increase of watching TV time had led to the reduction of sleep time. These results suggested that the living environment affects their lifestyle among school children.
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