A great sporting nation? Sport participation in New Zealand youth Wong, Hayley, Foley, Louise, Olds, Timothy and Maddison, Ralph 2016, A great sporting nation? Sport participation in New Zealand youth, New Zealand medical student journal, no. 23, pp. 18-23. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads maddison-greatsportingnation-2016.pdf Published version application/pdf 401.26KB 2 Title A great sporting nation? Sport participation in New Zealand youth Author(s) Wong, Hayley Foley, Louise Olds, Timothy Maddison, Ralph orcid.org/0000-0001-8564-5518 Journal name New Zealand medical student journal Issue number 23 Start page 18 End page 23 Total pages 6 Publisher New Zealand Medical Student Journal Organising Committee Place of publication Dunedin, New Zealand Publication date 2016-12-23 ISSN 1176-5178 1179-3597 Summary Sport is a key avenue to promote regular physical activity and health inyoung people. The study aim was to describe sport participation in NewZealand young people. A national cross-sectional survey of young peopleaged 5–24 years (n=2,503) was conducted. Use of time, demographicand anthropometric data were analysed for participants aged 10–18years (n=1,308) to identify patterns of sport participation. Overall, 894(68%) participants reported engaging in sport. Average daily participationwas 48 minutes of sport and 153 minutes of moderate-vigorous physicalactivity; sport participation therefore accounted for 31% of moderatevigorousphysical activity by time. Sport participation was higher inmales than females, in younger (10–14 years) than older (15–18 years)participants, and in Pacific young people than in other ethnic groups.Pacific youth reported the highest participation in team-based sports butthe lowest participation in individual-based sports. There were gender,age and ethnic differences in the most popular sports. Overall, sportparticipation contributed considerably to daily physical activity. Femaleswere particularly ‘at-risk’ for lower sport participation, and may benefit from targeted intervention. The popularity of sports differed among demographic groups, suggesting it is important to ensure a range of sports are accessible to young people. Language eng Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30091732 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 06 Mar 2017, 15:10:13 EST Tue, 07 Mar 2017, 04:01:46 EST Fri, 10 Mar 2017, 05:07:08 EST Fri, 24 Mar 2017, 10:02:18 EST Fri, 24 Mar 2017, 10:04:09 EST Tue, 20 Jun 2017, 11:33:12 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 30 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 06 Mar 2017, 15:10:13 EST

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