Adolescent Physical Activity at Public Schools, Private Schools, and Homeschools, United States, 2014

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Tribby, Calvin P. ; Oh, April ; Perna, Frank ; Berrigan, David
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Physical activity overall and during school-related opportunities among homeschool adolescents are poorly documented.
  
  Methods
  
  We used data from the National Cancer Institute’s Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) study, a national sample of parent–child dyads. We examined reported frequency of physical activity in middle-school and high-school respondents (N = 1,333). We compared the overall physical activity by school type (ie, public school, private school, and homeschool), compared school-related contexts (eg, recess, physical education [PE] class), and tested for level of physical activity by school for those reporting PE.
  
  Results
  
  Middle-school homeschool adolescents reported less physical activity during school hours compared with public school, but not private school, adolescents. Physical activity was not different by school type for out of school or weekends. Physical activity of high-school homeschool adolescents was not different from that of high-school adolescents at traditional schools; homeschool adolescents in both middle and high school reported less physical activity in PE compared with public and private school adolescents. Other school-related contexts of physical activity were not different by school type. More homeschool students reported not having PE (middle school, 54.8%; high school, 57.5%) compared with public (middle school, 18.7%; high school, 38.0%) or private schools (middle school, 13.5%; high school, 41.5%).
  
  Conclusion
  
  Homeschool adolescents in middle school reported less physical activity compared with middle-school adolescents in traditional schools during school hours, likely because of having fewer PE classes and less physical activity during PE.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Original Research
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2020; 17
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  32816666
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7458113
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  17
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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