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Objectively measured and self-reported physical activity among Finnish secondary school students

conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-24, 16:34 authored by Arto Grasten

According to the recommendations of Finnish health experts, all secondary school-aged students should be physically active for at least 60 minutes per day [4]. The review of recent studies [1, 3, 6], shows that a large part of Finnish adolescents (16−41 %) fail to achieve the recommendation. Although there are a plethora of research showing the number of physically active children and adolescents, there is a lack of studies analyzing objectively measured PA among secondary school students [9].

The specific aim of this study was to analyze associations of self-reported and objectively measured PA among secondary school students. Secondly, differences between boys and girls and between grades in self-reported and objective measurements were analyzed. It was also examined, how large part of secondary school girls and boys do not meet the recommendation of daily PA.

History

Publication title

Proceedings of the 6th Asian - South Pacific Association for Sports Psychology (ASPASP) International Congress 2011

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Asian - South Pacific Association for Sports Psychology

Place of publication

Taiwan

Event title

The 6th Asian - South Pacific Association for Sports Psychology (ASPASP) International Congress 2011

Event Venue

Taipei, Taiwan

Date of Event (Start Date)

2011-11-11

Date of Event (End Date)

2011-11-14

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  • Restricted

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Evaluation of health outcomes

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