In-classroom physical activity and its impact on physical activity outside of school in a Hispanic community. Sirota, D., Meyer, D., Nieto, A., Zamula, A., Stockwell, M., & Berger-Jenkins, E. Journal of physical activity & health, 11(7):1350-3, 9, 2014.
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BACKGROUND: School-based physical activity programs can reach large populations of at-risk children however evidence for the sustainability of healthy behaviors as a result of these programs is mixed. Healthy Schools Healthy Families (HSHF) is a physical activity and nutrition program for elementary students in a predominantly minority community. The program includes short teacher led classroom-based physical activities, also known as Transition Exercises (TE). Our aim was to assess whether TE was associated with children's reported recreational physical activity outside of school. METHODS: We surveyed HSHF students in grade 5 (n = 383) about their recreational physical activity at the start and end of the school year. Multivariable analysis was used to determine what factors including TE contributed to their reported activity. RESULTS: Students were predominantly Hispanic with a mean age of 10 ± .03. There was an increase in reported recreational physical activity from the start to the end of the school year (73.6% to 82.4%, P < .05). Students who participated in more TE had a 2.75 times greater odds of reporting participation in recreational activity than students who participated in less TE. CONCLUSIONS: For students in HSHF, TE was significantly associated with an increase in recreational physical activity.
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 abstract = {BACKGROUND: School-based physical activity programs can reach large populations of at-risk children however evidence for the sustainability of healthy behaviors as a result of these programs is mixed. Healthy Schools Healthy Families (HSHF) is a physical activity and nutrition program for elementary students in a predominantly minority community. The program includes short teacher led classroom-based physical activities, also known as Transition Exercises (TE). Our aim was to assess whether TE was associated with children's reported recreational physical activity outside of school.

METHODS: We surveyed HSHF students in grade 5 (n = 383) about their recreational physical activity at the start and end of the school year. Multivariable analysis was used to determine what factors including TE contributed to their reported activity.

RESULTS: Students were predominantly Hispanic with a mean age of 10 ± .03. There was an increase in reported recreational physical activity from the start to the end of the school year (73.6% to 82.4%, P < .05). Students who participated in more TE had a 2.75 times greater odds of reporting participation in recreational activity than students who participated in less TE.

CONCLUSIONS: For students in HSHF, TE was significantly associated with an increase in recreational physical activity.},
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 author = {Sirota, Dana and Meyer, Dodi and Nieto, Andres and Zamula, Arlen and Stockwell, Melissa and Berger-Jenkins, Evelyn},
 journal = {Journal of physical activity & health},
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