Share of children meeting MVPA guidelines in Ireland 2018, by age

The National Physical Activity Plan states that all children should achieve at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) daily to meet the National Physical Activity Guidelines. At primary school level, age did not influence the share of respondents meeting the guidelines. However, at post primary level there was a decline from 13 percent to only 10 percent of respondents meeting the guidelines with levels remaining consistent thereafter. An interesting distribution can be observed between the 12 – 13 year olds within the primary and post primary school samples, with 17 percent of primary school 12 – 13 year olds meeting the guidelines compared to only 13 percent of 12 – 13 year olds in post primary schools. this distribution could relate to the relatively low share of children considered to be a healthy level of cardiorespiratory fitness in post-primary education and alludes to the presence of a strong school transition affect on levels of physical activity.

国家物理活动计划明确指出，所有儿童每日应至少进行60分钟的轻度至剧烈体力活动（MVPA），以符合国家物理活动指南。在小学阶段，年龄因素并未影响达到指南标准的受访者比例。然而，在中学阶段，达到指南标准的受访者比例从13%下降至仅10%，此后水平保持一致。在小学和中学的12至13岁年龄段的样本中，我们可以观察到一种有趣的分布情况，小学12至13岁年龄段中有17%的儿童达到指南标准，而中学的12至13岁年龄段中仅有13%的儿童达到标准。这种分布可能与在中学教育中被认为是健康水平的 cardiorespiratory fitness 的儿童比例相对较低有关，并暗示了学校过渡对体力活动水平存在显著影响。