Effects of a three-year intervention on children's physical activity from age 4 to 7



: Saakslahti A, Numminen P, Salo P, Tuominen J, Helenius H, Valimaki I

Publisher: HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC

: 2004

: Pediatric Exercise Science

: PEDIATRIC EXERCISE SCIENCE

: PEDIATR EXERC SCI

: 16

: 2

: 167

: 180

: 14

: 0899-8493

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.16.2.167


This study focused on the physical activities of 228 children over 3 years. Children were divided into control (n = 112) and intervention (n = 116) groups. Parents of intervention-group children received information and concrete suggestions on how, when, and where to encourage their child's physical activity. Children in the intervention group spent more time playing outdoors (p = .041) than did children in the control group, and play in the high-activity category increased with age (p < .001), whereas no change occurred in the control group. Our study showed that children's physical activity could be increased via family-based intervention.



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