4250- Childhood Health: Physical Activity

Question 1

Describe Physical Activity

Answer 1

Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure (increase in heart rate and breathing)

Question 2

Intensity of physical activity is related to?

Answer 2

Individual’s age and capacity to participate

Question 3

MVPA? Give an example

Answer 3

Moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity

ex. brisk walking or bicycling

Question 4

What is exercise?

Answer 4

Physical activity that is planned, structured, repetitive and done to maintain physical fitness

Question 5

What is the subcategory for exercise?

Answer 5

Physical activity

Question 6

Childhood Obesity indicators?

Answer 6

In 2004, 26% of Children (2-17) were overweight or obese

Question 7

What percentage of children get 1hr of physical activity?

Answer 7

only 9%

Question 8

how many are active enough to ensure healthy growth?

Answer 8

fewer than 1/2

Question 9

Strategies to create a population based PA intervention

Answer 9

• Persuasive health communication
• School based programs
• Policy
• Environment

Question 10

What are effective and promising policies for increasing PA levels in school settings?

Answer 10

Integrating PA (involving staff, games, field trips)
Training of staff
Active transportation to and from school
community

Question 11

Knowledge Gaps implementing PA in schools (4)

Answer 11

• Children with disabilities
• Gender, ethnicity
• No reliable way to how indicate how much they’re moving or how much they should be moving
• No coordination of education and health

Question 12

Challenges implementing PA in schools (4)

Answer 12

1. Lack of human resources
2. Cutting back funding on public health
3. Reinvestment looking at intersectoral of primary and educational health
4. Training (competing demands of individuals)

Question 13

Recommendations for implementing PA in schools

Answer 13

• integration of health school initiatives

- intersectoral collaboration with health sectors and other sectors

Question 14

Policy option for PA in schools (4)

Answer 14

• Discourage the use or withholding PA as a punishment
• Collect medical info to confirm safe participation
• Family and community involvement
• Seek support and resources

Question 15

What were the trends among countries found in the physical activity report?

Answer 15

Less sedentary behaviour and there was a trend of sports

-More boys than girls were enrolled

Question 16

Canada’s Strengths and weaknesses?

Answer 16

Strong in macro level but weak in micro level (not enough integration of policy infrastructure)

Question 17

Discrepancies from the report?

Answer 17

1. Little idea where they sampled their population or how much diversity was included (class, income, race)
2. Hard to compare developed with developing countries

Question 18

Population Health approach?

Answer 18

Improving health status through ACTION directed towards the health of an entire population rather than individuals (creating healthy environments)

Question 19

What is a built environment

Answer 19

physical surroundings (buildings, parks, schools, roads, infrastructure)

Question 20

Communities that are more active have?

Answer 20

• mixed land use (places of walking distances)

- well-connected street networks, and high residential density environments

Question 21

Pleasing aesthetics and proximity to recreational facilities are associated with more recreational PA. TRUE/FALSE?

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Neighbourhoods that have sidewalks, streets that are well lit and pedestrians that are shielded from traffic is highly consistent to promote physical activity. TRUE/FALSE?

Answer 22

FALSE- not highly consistent but is more likely to promote PA

Question 23

What are the 7 things that makes a neighbourhood more walkable?

Answer 23

1. A center (public space)
2. People
3. Mix income, mixed use
4. Parks
5. Pedestrian design
6. Close schools and workplaces
7. Complete streets

Question 24

In the ARTICLE: “Environmental influences on physical activity levels in youth” what did they do?

Answer 24

Measured the perception and perceived quality of the built environment in London. Used student questionnaires and also involved parents as a group

Question 25

Downfalls of the ARTICLE: “Environmental influences on physical activity levels in youth”?

Answer 25

They used a spewed sample.
A lot of students were already engaged in PA and parents had a high education and income to put their children in organizations.
-Tendency to under or overreport.

Question 26

What should interventions should focus on?

Answer 26

Promoting active transportations
Promoting density and mixed land use
Improving access to sports and infrastructure
Increase availability of quality foods