Parents report children
engaged in 40.9 ± 32.2
minutes of high-intensity
indoor activity/day and
averaged 31.7 ± 28.2
minutes of high-intensity
outdoor activity/day.
Children spend more time
engaging in high-intensity
indoor activity vs. outdoor
activity (p b .001).
Children engage in more
high-intensity PA on
weekend days than on
weekdays (54.3 ± 41.1
minutes vs. 29.2 ± 24.5
minutes, respectively;
p b .001).
Parents report an average of
108.3 ± 98 minutes of lowintensity
indoor activity and
37.1 ± 28.2 minutes of lowintensity
outdoor activity
each day, which is
significantly more than
preschooler's high-intensity
activity (p b .001).
According to parental
reports, 55% of preschoolers
met the minimum
requirement of 60 minutes of
PA recommended in Active
Start: PA Guidelines for
Children Birth to Five Years.
Day care providers indicated
that children attending their
facilities had approximately
2 hours of outdoor playtime,
which afforded ample
opportunity during the day to
meet the minimum PA
guidelines.