The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of a project promoting unstructured spontaneous physical activity (PA) through an adaptation of the built environment and the provision of a supportive social environment of childcare centers on motor skills, physical activity, desire to move around, body mass index (BMI), quality of life and PA and behavior of the family.
The study will last one school year and includes 58 childcare centers in 3 provinces (JU, NE, VD) of the French part of Switzerland.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
1,764
Promoting unstructured spontaneous physical in childcare through an adaptation of the built environment and the provision of a supportive social environment
Ligues de la santé
Lausanne, Switzerland
University of Lausanne Hospitals
Lausanne, Switzerland
University of Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Motor skills
Time frame: 1 school year
Physical activity
Time frame: 1 school year
Enjoyment of physical activity
Time frame: 1 school year
BMI
Time frame: 1 school year
Quality of life
Time frame: 1 school year
Physical activity and behavior of the family
Time frame: 1 school year
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