Device-Measured Change in Physical Activity in Primary School Children During the UK COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: A Longitudinal Study.
James ScalesJasmine ChavdaErika IkedaIvelina TsochevaRosamund E DoveHelen E WoodHarpal KalsiGrainne ColliganLewis GriffithsBill DayCheryll CrichlowAmanda KeighleyMonica FletcherChristopher NewbyFlorian TominiFrances R BalkwillBorislava MihaylovaJonathan GriggSean BeeversSandra EldridgeAziz SheikhW James GaudermanFrank J KellyGurch RandhawaIan S MudwayEsther M F van SluijsChristopher J GriffithsPublished in: Journal of physical activity & health (2023)
These findings suggest that the loss of in-person schooling was the single largest impact on physical activity in this cohort of primary school children in London, Luton, and Dunstable, United Kingdom.