Author/Editor		Kovacs, Viktoria Anna; Brandes, Mirko; Suesse, Thomas; Blagus, Rok; Whiting, Stephen; Wickramasinghe, Kremlin; Okely, Anthony D.
Title		Are we underestimating the impact of COVID-19 on children’s physical activity in Europe?
Type		članek
Publication year		2022
Volume		str. str.
ISSN		1101-1262 - European journal of public health
Language		eng
Abstract		This repeat cross-sectional study investigated the impact of lockdown in Europe in Winter (Jan- Feb 2021) on children’s and adolescent’s physical activity (PA) and recreational screen time (RST), and compared PA to the lockdown in Spring 2020. An online survey was administered (n=24,302; 6-18 years; 51.7% boys) in nine countries. PA and RST were assessed by 7-day recall. 9.3% of children (95%CI, 6.9-11.7) met WHO PA recommendation, which was half of the proportion observed in Spring 2020 (19.0% [18.2-19.9]). Sixty percent exceeded the RST recommendations. This suggests that winter lockdown could have a more negative impact on PA than in spring.
Keywords		children COVID-19 physical activity otroci COVID-19 telesna aktivnost