Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of children's daily SB, light PA, MVPA, and EE during school day (mean ± SD).
| SB | Light PA | MVPA | EE (MET) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Follow-up | Pre | Post | Follow-up | Pre | Post | Follow-up | Pre | Post | Follow-up | |
| Exergaming/PE group (n = 85) | 303.44 ± 57.83 | 319.91 ± 51.26** | 338.21 ± 50.53 | 87.81 ± 31.25 | 91.04 ± 28.79** | 72.25 ± 36.35 | 10.28 ± 4.33 | 13.19 ± 4.98** | 12.69 ± 8.93 | 1.56 ± 0.21 | 1.57 ± 0.19 | 1.59 ± 0.56 |
| Comparison group (n = 79) | 319.50 ± 50.63 | 307.53 ± 55.28 | 337.29 ± 40.70 | 81.52 ± 32.91 | 109.88 ± 41.13** | 76.53 ± 33.53 | 10.62 ± 5.93 | 14.01 ± 6.32** | 11.37 ± 6.01 | 1.52 ± 0.24 | 1.63 ± 0.24 | 1.44 ± 0.20 |
| Whole sample (n = 164) | 311.18 ± 54.91 | 313.95 ± 53.43 | 337.77 ± 45.92**# | 84.78 ± 32.12 | 100.12 ± 36.41** | 74.31 ± 34.98**# | 10.44 ± 5.15 | 13.59 ± 5.66** | 12.05 ± 7.67* | 1.54 ± 0.23 | 1.60 ± 0.22* | 1.52 ± 0.43 |
Abbreviations: EE = energy expenditure; MET = metabolic equivalent; MVPA = moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; PA = physical activity; PE = physical education; SB = sedentary behavior.
*
p < 0.05,
**
p ≤ 0.01; compared with pre-test.
#
p < 0.01, compared with post-test.