ArticlePloS one2020
Preschool environment and preschool teacher's physical activity and their association with children's activity levels at preschool.
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- Physical Activity Levels of Early Childhood Educators: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Child: care, health and development · 2026Pooled it
- Evidence on the Effectiveness of Public Policies for Physical Activity Promotion in the Early Childcare Education and Care Setting: A Systematic Review.Child: care, health and development · 2025Pooled it
- Environmental and practice factors associated with children's device-measured physical activity and sedentary time in early childhood education and care centres: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Pooled it
- Preschool Environment and 24-h Behaviour Movement in Uruguayan Early Childhood: A Compositional Data Analysis.Child: care, health and development · 2026Article
- "I just want to move": preschool children's perspectives on their physical literacy.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A systematic review and meta-analyses of the relationships between active outdoor play and 24-hour movement behaviors.Journal of sport and health science · 2025Review
- Promoting healthy lifestyle behaviours in the preschool setting: perceptions and needs of teachers and principals.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Outdoor physical activity in traditional and newly designed preschools: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The effects of physical exercise on fitness and emotion in Chinese preschoolers.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Where does physical activity fit into preschool postpandemic? A qualitative exploration with parents, teachers and administrators.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Outdoor Kindergartens: A Structural Way to Improve Early Physical Activity Behaviour?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Predictors of Overweight and Obesity in Early Care and Education Teachers during COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Kindergarten Affordances for Physical Activity and Preschoolers' Motor and Social-Emotional Competence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Preschool or/and kindergarten? The long-term benefits of different types of early childhood education on pupils' skills.PloS one · 2023Article
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- When Are Children Most Physically Active? An Analysis of Preschool Age Children's Physical Activity Levels.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Physical environmental opportunities for active play and physical activity level in preschoolers: a multicriteria analysis.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Physical Activity, Physical Well-Being, and Psychological Well-Being: Associations with Life Satisfaction during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Early Childhood Educators.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the association between preschool playground size, formalized physical activity (PA) policies, time spent outdoors and preschool teacher's levels of PA and children's objectively assessed levels of PA and sedentary time (ST) during preschool hours.
methodsIn total, 369 children and 84 preschool teachers from 27 preschools in Södermalm municipally, Stockholm Sweden wore an Actigraph GT3X+ accelerometer during 7 consecutive days. Preschool environmental and structural characteristics were measured via the Environment and Policy Evaluation Self-Report (EPAO-SR) instrument and time in- and outdoors was recorded by preschool teachers during the PA measurements. Weight and height of children were measured via validated scales and parents filled out a questionnaire on demographical and descriptive variables. Linear mixed models, nested on preschool level, were used to assess the association between predictors and outcomes.
resultsThe mean child age was 4.7 years (SD 0.8) and 45% were girls. We found that children were more active in preschools with a formalized PA policy, compared to preschools without such a policy, but not less sedentary. The association between policy and activity seemed to be more pronounced when accounting for other environmental factors. Similar associations were found in children spent most time outdoors (uppermost quartile) compared with children spent least time outdoors (Lowermost quartile). Preschool teachers' light PA (LPA) (ß = 0.25, P = 0.004) and steps (ß = 0.52, P<0.001) were associated with children's LPA and steps while the preschool playground size showed no association with PA in children, when accounting for other environmental factors.
conclusionThe current study showed that preschool structural characteristics such as formalized PA policies and more time spent outdoors were positively associated with children's PA. These findings suggest that formalized PA policies and time outdoors may be of importance for promoting children's PA during preschool hours.
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