Prevalence of Meeting Physical Activity （流行的体育活动）.pdf

Prevalence of Meeting Physical Activity Recommendations in Australian Secondary Students Background: The National Secondary Students’ Diet and Activity (NaSSDA) survey 2009-10 is jointly funded by the state Cancer Councils, Cancer Council Australia and the National Heart Foundation of Australia. The study fills a significant gap in existing data in Australia by establishing an ongoing commitment to the standardised monitoring of adolescents’ body weight, and dietary and physical activity behaviour at both a state and national level. Methods: A nationally representative sample of 12,188 secondary school students from year levels 8 to 11, from 237 schools was surveyed. Data on students’ dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviour were collected via a web-based questionnaire, and anthropometric measurements of students’ height, weight and waist circumference were taken by trained researchers in a confidential setting. Active parental consent was required for students to participate in each component of the study. An audit of the school food and activity environment was also conducted. This research memo reports on levels of physical activity among Australian secondary school students. The Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) measure was used to assess physical activity. Students were asked “Over the past 7 days, on how many days were you physically active for a total of 60 minutes or more per day?”. The MVPA measure has shown to be reliable, valid and correlate 1 well with objective measures of physical activity. It also allows direct comparison with Australia’s Physical Activity Recommendations for 12-18 year olds which suggest that adolescents engage in at 2 least 60 minutes of moderate to vigor