Healthy Active Living and Obesity (HALO) Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada.
Centre for Sport and Exercise Education, Camosun College, Victoria, BC, V9E 2C1, Canada.
BMC Public Health. 2018 Oct 2;18(Suppl 2):1042. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5897-4.
Physical literacy is an emerging construct in children's health promotion, and may impact their lifelong physical activity habits. However, recent data reveal that only a small portion of Canadian children are regularly physically active and/or meet sedentary behaviour guidelines. To our knowledge, no study has investigated the association between physical literacy and movement behaviour guidelines. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between physical literacy scores in Canadian children who meet or do not meet physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines.
Children (n = 2956; 56.6% girls) aged 8-12 years from 10 Canadian cities had their physical literacy levels measured using the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy, which consists of four domains (Physical Competence; Daily Behaviour; Knowledge and Understanding; and Motivation and Confidence) that are aggregated to provide a composite physical literacy score. Physical activity levels were measured by pedometers, and sedentary behaviour was assessed through self-report questionnaire. Analyses were conducted separately for each guideline, comparing participants meeting versus those not meeting the guidelines. Comparisons were performed using MANOVA and logistic regression to control for age, gender, and seasonality.
Participants meeting physical activity guidelines or sedentary behaviour guidelines had higher physical literacy domain scores for Physical Competence and for Motivation and Confidence compared to those not meeting either guideline (both p < 0.0001). Participants had increased odds of meeting physical activity guidelines and sedentary behaviour guidelines if they met the minimum recommended level of the Physical Competence and Motivation and Confidence domains. Significant age (OR 0.9; 95% CI: 0.8, 0.9), gender (OR 0.4; 95% CI: 0.3, 0.5) and seasonality effects (OR 1.6; 95% CI: 1.2, 2.2 spring and OR 1.7; 95% CI: 1.2, 2.5 summer, reference winter) were seen for physical activity guidelines, and age (OR 0.8; 95% CI: 0.7, 0.8) and gender effects (OR 1.7; 95% CI: 1.4, 2.0) for sedentary behaviour guidelines. Knowledge and Understanding of physical activity principles was not related to guideline adherence in either model.
These cross-sectional findings demonstrate important associations between physical literacy and guideline adherence for physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Future research should explore the causality of these associations.
身体素养是儿童健康促进领域的一个新兴概念，可能会影响他们一生的身体活动习惯。然而，最近的数据显示，只有一小部分加拿大儿童经常进行身体活动和/或符合久坐行为准则。据我们所知，尚无研究调查身体素养与运动行为准则之间的关系。因此，本研究的目的是检验在符合或不符合身体活动和久坐行为准则的加拿大儿童中，身体素养得分与运动行为准则之间的关系。
10 个加拿大城市的 8-12 岁儿童（56.6%为女孩）使用加拿大身体素养评估量表测量身体素养水平，该量表由四个领域（身体能力、日常行为、知识和理解以及动机和信心）组成，这些领域的总和提供了一个综合身体素养得分。身体活动水平通过计步器测量，久坐行为通过自我报告问卷评估。对于每个准则，分别进行分析，比较符合和不符合准则的参与者。使用 MANOVA 和逻辑回归进行比较，以控制年龄、性别和季节性的影响。
与不符合任何准则的参与者相比，符合身体活动准则或久坐行为准则的参与者在身体能力和动机与信心领域的身体素养得分更高（均 P<0.0001）。如果参与者达到身体能力和动机与信心领域建议的最低水平，他们更有可能符合身体活动准则和久坐行为准则。年龄（OR 0.9；95%CI：0.8，0.9）、性别（OR 0.4；95%CI：0.3，0.5）和季节性（OR 1.6；95%CI：1.2，2.2 春季和 OR 1.7；95%CI：1.2，2.5 夏季，冬季为参考）存在显著的身体活动准则效应，年龄（OR 0.8；95%CI：0.7，0.8）和性别效应（OR 1.7；95%CI：1.4，2.0）存在久坐行为准则效应。身体活动原则的知识和理解与任何模型中的准则遵守都没有关系。
这些横断面研究结果表明，身体素养与身体活动和久坐行为准则的遵守之间存在重要关联。未来的研究应该探索这些关联的因果关系。
