* Differences between weekday and weekend levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in Thai adolescents.
- Attempts to reduce the decline in physical activity (PA) in adolescence have been the focus of many public health interventions. This study aimed to (1) determine differences in moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) levels between weekdays and weekends and (2) identify adolescents meeting current PA guidelines (PAG). To meet these objectives, 186 Thai adolescents aged 13 to 18 years were asked to wear an ActiGraph accelerometer for 7 consecutive days. The results showed that MVPA levels were significantly higher in boys than girls on both weekdays (P < .01) and weekends (P < .05). MVPA was higher during weekdays compared with weekend days. Additionally, MVPA levels tend to decline with increasing age during adolescence. The results also showed statistically significant differences between genders in the proportion of adherence to PAG for youth. This study highlights the need to take weekend-weekday differences into account when developing PA interventions for adolescents.
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Overview of adv significantly
The adv significantly has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (6) significantly -- (in a statistically significant way; "the two groups differed
significantly")
2. (3) significantly -- (in a significant manner; "our budget will be significantly affected by
these new cuts")
3. importantly, significantly -- (in an important way or to an important degree; "more importantly,
Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his
definition of the concrete event itself")
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