A study conducted by Assistant Professor KYAN Akira (Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University; while conducting the study, Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University) and Professor TAKAKURA Minoru (Health Promotion and Development/School Health Division, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus) found for the first time that socioeconomic inequality in achieving recommended physical activity degrees among Japanese youth was greater, while the difference in breakfast consumption decreased the risk of COVID-19. 19 pandemic compared to pre-pandemic degrees.
The effects of this were published in the Journal of Physical Activity.
The study team has already learned about socioeconomic inequalities in physical activity among Japanese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic (Kyan
During the COVID-19 pandemic, adolescent fitness behaviors have deteriorated around the world. National studies in Japan have also shown worsening fitness-related behaviors, adding a marked reduction in physical activity and an accumulation in screen time. The researchers also highlighted the option that the pandemic may simply exacerbate fitness disparities through expanding the family source of income inequality.
This examination aimed to identify trends in socioeconomic disparities in Japanese adolescents’ fitness behaviors prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, i. e. , in fundamental fitness behaviors, adding physical activity, screen time, breakfast, and bowel movements. lead to the progression of intervention methods and policies to provide young people with the help they need.
The exam used knowledge from the 2019 and 2021 Child and Youth Sports Life Survey conducted through the Sasakawa Sports Foundation. The survey examines children’s and young people’s participation in physical and play activities after school and on weekends, play environments and health-related behaviours. such as sleep duration, media usage time, and bowel movements. Data were collected from June to July of each survey year using self-administered questionnaires with adolescents and their parents/guardians. Survey participants decided on a two-stage stratified random sampling approach of 225 sites proportionally distributed from district and city length strata according to residents’ fundamental record population. The survey covered another 3,000 seniors aged four to 21.
The review studies included adolescents aged 12 to 18 years and excluded those aged 18 years who had not attended high school. Variables, the research team analyzed data from 766 and 725 more people in 2019 and 2021.
The study team used an equivalent source of income from the circle of relatives as a measure of socioeconomic status. According to accepted fitness guidelines, behaviors that promote fitness were explained as moderate to vigorous daily physical activity (MVPA) of at least 60 minutes, screen time (ST) of less than 2 hours, 8 to 10 hours of sleep, daily breakfast, and bowel movements at least once every 3 days.
This study is unique in that it used slope and relative inequality indices to account for differences in the percentage of the population in the socioeconomic category (in this study, income).
The research revealed growing socioeconomic inequality among Japanese adolescents in achieving the levels of physical activity recommended before and the pandemic, as well as an alleviation in inequalities in breakfast consumption. Specifically, even though there were no differences in physical activity across source of income in 2019, in 2021, adolescents from families with a lower equivalent family source of income were less likely to engage in physical activity. There was a trend toward reducing screen time space, but it was not statistically significant. No socioeconomic disparity was observed for sleep duration. and frequency of defecation in 2019 and 2021.
Continued monitoring is needed to determine whether measures to promote physical activity prior to the COVID-19 pandemic have also contributed to reducing developing socioeconomic disparities. Continuous monitoring of fitness (and fitness behavior). This review promises to serve as a reference for the review of policy directions.
Kobe University
Kyan, To.
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