期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
卷 63, 期 3, 页码 291-300出版社
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0645-8
关键词
Accelerometer; Childhood physical activity; Sedentary behaviour; Socio-cultural differences; Built environment; Socioeconomic neighbourhood
资金
- Swiss Federal Commission of Sports
- Swiss National Cohort
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.
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