@article{53f640dc294345958c5d023ba8f16208,
title = "Determinants of Physical Activity for Latino and White Middle School-Aged Children",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA) has long been acknowledged to contribute health benefits among children. However, research has consistently shown that PA declines as children grow older. Thus, this study examined the factors which are associated to children's PA in order to identify potential barriers to PA. METHODS: Using data from the KidQuest Program, we conducted bivariate and multivariate analyses on survey data collected from fifth to seventh grade students in a small Midwestern city. RESULTS: We found that food knowledge, eating breakfast, and talking with family about eating healthy foods, are positively related to PA. On the other hand, screen time is negatively related to PA. In addition, our results evinced differences between ethnicities and found that Latino children's screen time affects their PA levels more than their white counterpart. CONCLUSIONS: There are different factors which can be tapped to increase PA among middle school-aged children. Given the differences between the Latino and white samples especially in screen time, schools should consider individualized intervention, rather than a “one size fits all” program, to increase PA participation.",
keywords = "KidQuest Program, Latino child health, middle school children, physical activity, screen time",
author = "Garcia, {Aileen S.} and Shinya Takahashi and Mindy Anderson-Knott and Dipti Dev",
note = "Funding Information: aAssistant Professor, (aileen.garcia@sdstate.edu), Department of Counseling and Human Development, 206 Wenona Hall, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007. bAssistant Professor, (Stakahashi3@unl.edu), Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, 104 E Levinson Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0806. cDirector of Evaluation and Development, (mandersonknott2@unl.edu), Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Consortium, 234 Prem S. Paul Research Center at Whittier, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0866. dAssistant Professor and Child Health Behaviors Extension Specialist, (ddev2@unl.edu), Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 135 Mabel Lee Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0236. Address correspondence to: Aileen S. Garcia, Assistant Professor (aileen.garcia@sdstate.edu), Department of Counseling and Human Development, 206 Wenona Hall, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007. This work was supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Grant no. 2011-67002-30202 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Childhood Obesity Prevention: Transdisciplinary Graduate Education and Training in Nutrition and Family Sciences or Child Development or Related Fields to Prevent Childhood Obesity -A2121. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, American School Health Association",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1111/josh.12706",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "89",
pages = "3--10",
journal = "Journal of School Health",
issn = "0022-4391",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "1",
}