Bringolf-Isler Bettina, Mäder Urs, Dössegger Alain, Hofmann Heidi, Puder Jardena J, Braun-Fahrländer Charlotte, Kriemler Susi
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, P.O. Box 4002, Basel, Switzerland,
Int J Public Health. 2015 Mar;60(3):291-300. doi: 10.1007/s00038-014-0645-8. Epub 2015 Jan 8.
We evaluated whether regional differences in physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) existed along language boundaries within Switzerland and whether potential differences would be explained by socio-demographics or environmental characteristics.
We combined data of 611 children aged 4 to 7 years from four regional studies. PA and SB were assessed by accelerometers. Information about the socio-demographic background was obtained by questionnaires. Objective neighbourhood attributes could be linked to home addresses. Multivariate regression models were used to test associations between PA and SB and socio-demographic characteristics and neighbourhood attributes.
Children from the German compared to the French-speaking region were more physically active and less sedentary (by 10-15 %, p < 0.01). Although German-speaking children lived in a more favourable environment and a higher socioeconomic neighbourhood (differences p < 0.001), these characteristics did not explain the differences in PA behaviour between French and German speaking.
Factors related to the language region, which might be culturally rooted were among the strongest correlates of PA and SB among Swiss children, independent of individual, social and environmental factors.
我们评估了瑞士境内沿语言边界是否存在身体活动（PA）和久坐行为（SB）的区域差异，以及潜在差异是否可由社会人口统计学或环境特征来解释。
我们合并了来自四项区域研究的611名4至7岁儿童的数据。通过加速度计评估PA和SB。通过问卷调查获取社会人口统计学背景信息。客观的邻里属性可与家庭住址相关联。使用多变量回归模型来测试PA和SB与社会人口统计学特征及邻里属性之间的关联。
与法语区的儿童相比，德语区的儿童身体活动更多且久坐时间更少（多10 - 15%，p < 0.01）。尽管说德语的儿童生活在更有利的环境和社会经济水平更高的社区（差异p < 0.001），但这些特征并不能解释说法语和德语儿童在PA行为上的差异。
与语言区域相关的因素，可能是文化根源性的，是瑞士儿童PA和SB的最强相关因素之一，独立于个体、社会和环境因素。
