EDKP 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Vigorish
17 Dec 2012
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Being active for at least 60 minutes/day help children. Children 4-12 factors with a positive association w/ pa: gender. Boys: belief in ability to be active. Sedentary parents are more likely to have sedentary. Factors with a positive association w/ pa: parental education. Higher degree of education for parents = more pa children: gender. Boys: personal goals, pe classes/school sport, belief in ability to be active. Self efficacy: support of friends and family. Having a destination/walking to a particular place. Access to neighborhood or school play area/recreational equipment. At least 30 min/week: 90% boys, 93% females. 60 min/week- guide lines: 50% boys girls. 60 min 3 day/week: 53% boys, 35% girls. 60 min 6 days/week: 9% boys, 4% girls. We need to be concerned about this data. We want to accumulate at least 13,500 steps a day. See that boys are 2x more likely to meet criteria than girls.
