香港小学生非上课日活动模式初步探讨(英文)

Habitual activity patterns of primary school children in non-school days: a preliminary analysis

目的探讨香港小学生非上课日的活动模式。方法 264名小学生(140名男生,124名女生)参与本研究,记录其非上课日上午、下午和夜间的各类活动。结果小学生非上课日的活动以看电视、做功课等静态活动形式为主。结论香港小学生通常自小习惯于静态的生活方式,该现象可能与近年学生肥胖率持续增加有关,因此须对其非上课日活动进行有效干预,以降低肥胖发生率。

Objective To characterize the habitual activity pattern in primary school boys and girls during non-school days.Methods A total of 264 primary school children,including 140 boys and 124 girls,participated in this study.Each subject was asked to record the habitual activities during morning,afternoon,and evening in a non-school day.Results Watching TV,doing homework and other sedentary activities are the most predominant habitual activities.Conclusion The present data provide evidence that Hong Kong Chinese boys and girls adopt a sedentary lifestyle at an early age.Such physically inactive way of life may possibly explain the constant increase of obesity rate in Hong Kong school children.Emphasis on non-school day's intervention program should be conducted in order to reduce the high prevalence of school children obesity in Hong Kong.