NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) 2004 Full Report

Summary

Almost 5500 students aged 5 to 16 years were surveyed in 2004 as part of the NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS).

This is the full technical report (mainly for academics and researchers), which provides detailed information on the study design and results of the survey including: current data and trends on the prevalence of overweight and obesity, levels of physical activity, modes of travel to and from school, fundamental movement skills, sedentary behaviours, food habits and eating patterns, fitness levels, and markers for chronic disease.

Type : Report
Date of Publication: 29 May 2006
SHPN: 060056
ISBN: 0 7347 3929

Associated Links:
NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) 2004 Short Report (mainly for teachers, parents and young people)
NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) 2004 Summary Report (mainly for policy makers and professionals who work in the field)

The full document has been broken down into chapters as PDF files for faster download times.

• Front cover [120Kb]
• Copyright [178Kb]
• Foreword [168Kb]
• Contents [443Kb]
• Acknowledgements [355Kb]
• Executive Summary [134Kb]
• Chapter One - Introduction [292Kb]
• Chapter 2 – Methods in brief [394Kb]
• Chapter 3 – Response rates and description of the samples [375Kb]
• Chapter 4 – Overweight and obesity [334Kb]
• Chapter 5 – Self-reported physical activity [371Kb]
• Chapter 6 – Sedentary behaviours [410Kb]
• Chapter 7 – Travel to and from school [312Kb]
• Chapter 8 – Cardiorespiratory fitness [349Kb]
• Chapter 9 – Fundamental movement skills [452Kb]
• Chapter 10 – Food habits [473Kb]
• Chapter 11 – Eating patterns [374Kb]
• Chapter 12 – Influences over food and drink choices [232Kb]
• Chapter 13 – Food and drink purchasing patterns [327Kb]
• Chapter 14 – Markers of chronic disease - The biomarker sub-study [526Kb]
• Chapter 15 – The school environment
• Chapter 16 – Recommendations
• Chapter 17– Methods in full

Appendices

• Appendix A
  Participating schools
• Appendix B
  Information packages
• Appendix C
  Information package/consent forms
• Appendix D
  Student questionnaires/record sheets
  • Year K
  • Years 2 and 4
    Record Sheet
    Questionnaire 1
    
  • Year 6
    Questionnaire Part 1
    Questionnaire Part 2
    Questionnaire Part 3
    Questionnaire Part 4
    Questionnaire Part 5
    
  • Years 8 and 10
    Record Sheet
    Supplementary
    Questionnaire Part 1
    Questionnaire Part 2
    Questionnaire Part 3
    Questionnaire Part 4
    Questionnaire Part 5
    
• Appendix E
  Language codes
• Appendix F
  Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA)
• Appendix G
  Equivalence between level shuttle (LS) and number of laps for the Multistage Fitness Test
• Appendix H
  Estimated rates of energy expenditure
• Appendix I
  School environment interview/questionnaire
  
• Appendix J
  School canteen manager/supervisor survey
• Appendix K
  The response bias study
• Appendix L
  Descriptive statistics and 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 85, 90 and 95 percentiles for height, weight, waist girth and BMI for boys and girls in Years K, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10
• Appendix M
  Procedure used to convert age data from the Australian Health and Fitness Survey, 1985, to school Year to allow comparisons with SPANS data
• Appendix N
  Descriptive statistics and 5, 10, 5, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 85, 90 and 95 percentiles for the Multistage Fitness Test for boys and girls in Years 4, 6, 8 and 10
• Appendix O
  Prevalence of proficiency at fundamental movement skill components
• Appendix P
  Descriptive statistics and 5, 10, 15, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 75, 85, 90 and 95 percentiles for insulin, ALT, GGT, CRP, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides for boys and girls in Year 10

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