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Does sports club participation contribute to physical activity among children and adolescents? : A comparison across six European countries

Pasi KoskiJari VillbergAurélie Van HoyeSusanna GeidneLeena MartinJeroen ScheerderJeroen MeganckKaisu MononenMichal KudláčekMinna BlomqvistAoife LaneSami KokkoBart De ClercqPetr BaduraJan Seghers

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GerontologyMalephysical activitysports clubguidelines and recommendationsLogistic regression0302 clinical medicinePromotion (rank)nuoret030212 general & internal medicineChildNational dataComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSmedia_commonPhysical activity - Childrenyouthpublic healthta3142General Medicine3. Good healthEuropeFemaleClubGuideline Adherenceurheiluseurat0305 other medical sciencePsychologyfyysinen aktiivisuusSportsGuidelines and recommendationsmedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentSports sciencemedia_common.quotation_subjectPhysical activitysuosituksetGuidelines as Topiclapset (ikäryhmät)03 medical and health scienceskansanterveysSports - Health aspectsmedicineHumansliikuntaharrastusExercise030505 public healthDescriptive statisticsPublic healthPhysical activity - Children - GuidelinesPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthFaculty of Science and Healthnuoruus[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologiesporthuman activities

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Aims: Insufficient physical activity (PA) is one of the largest public health challenges of our time and requires a multisectoral public-health response. PA recommendations state that all children and adolescents should accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) daily and carry out vigorous PA (VPA) three times weekly. While participation in sports club activities is known to enhance the probability of reaching the recommended overall PA level, less is known about the contribution of sports club participation to VPA and few cross-national comparisons have been carried out. The purpose of this paper is to study whether participation in sports club activities is associated with meeting the overall PA and VPA recommendations among children and adolescents across six European countries, namely Belgium (Flanders), Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ireland and Sweden. Methods: Analysis were carried out on existing self –reported national data sets using descriptive statistics and logistic regression. Results: Results indicate that approximately two-thirds of children and adolescents take part in sports clubs activities in given countries. Sports club participants were more likely to meet the overall PA recommendations (OR 2.4-6.4). Sports club participants were also more likely to reach VPA recommendation (OR 2.8-5.0) than non-participants. Conclusions: The extent to which overall PA and/or VPA is gained through sports club participation versus other settings needs to be further studied. Still, it can be argued that sports clubs have an important position in PA promotion for younger populations. ispartof: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH vol:47 issue:8 pages:851-858 ispartof: location:Sweden status: published

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2018-07-12
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202003182456