Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers, Pilar Del Canto, Douglas Ahlers, Mario Valdivia Peralta, Judith Palfrey
School-Based Disaster Recovery: Promotion of Children's Mental Health Over the Long Haul
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
investigate whether sedentary behavior schooltime associated gender age mothers education physical education classes weight status academic performance crosssectional study sample 571 children 712 years old five elementary schools florianopolis south brazil height weight measured wore accelerometers class time teachers completed form evaluate childrens reading writing skills parents provided sociodemographic educational information data analyzed using multilevel linear regression analyses children spent average 132min sedentary behavior schooltime 64 total schooltime girls 1375min obese children 1381min older children 1442min physical education classes 1402min spent time engaged sedentary activities peers academic performance mothers education associated sedentary behaviors children spent schooltime sedentary activities girls older students obese students even sedentary peers physical education classes protective factor excessive sedentary behavior school interventions reducing sedentary behavior schooltime could employ additional strategies benefit risk groups addition encouraging students participation physical education classes could minimize time spent sedentary behavior school hours