- Title
- Status of physical activity and physical fitness among intermediate-phase schoolchildren from marginalised communities in Port Elizabeth
- Creator
- Ncanywa, Sesethu
- Subject
- Child development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Children -- Physiology
- Date Issued
- 2022-04
- Date
- 2022-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/55833
- Identifier
- vital:53905
- Description
- The purpose of the study was to investigate the current status of physical activity (PA) and physical fitness (PF) of intermediate-phase schoolchildren from marginalised communities in Port Elizabeth. A total of 985 schoolchildren (n=505 boys, n=474 girls) aged 8 to 16 years, from eight quintile 3 government schools participated in this study. These schools included four schools from the Township area and four from the Northern areas in Port Elizabeth. The tests included in the study were PA (Actigraph accelerometer), PF (20 m shuttle run test and grip strength), and body composition (body mass index and body fat percentage). Results showed that girls had higher body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage (BF%), lower VO2max, less time spent on average per day on moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and lower grip strength (GS) as compared to boys (p0.05). No significant differences were found between the two geographic areas with regards to VO2max, GS, BMI and BF% (p>0.05). However, when confounding variables were considered, there was a significant difference in the BMI (p=0.0007), BF% (p=0.0003) and GS (p=0.0004) of the children from the two geographic areas. A negative correlation was found between VO2max and BMI A positive correlation was found between VO2max and MVPA . Overall, girls seem to be more at risk than boys for future non communicable diseases. These findings highlight the importance of promoting PA and monitored PF in children, and particularly in girls from marginalised communities.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of lifestyle Sciences, 2022
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (118 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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