Author(s)

Kasper Mäkelä¹, Sami Kokko¹, Lasse Kannas¹, Jari Villberg¹, Tommi Vasankari², J. Olli Heinonen³, Kai Savonen⁴, Lauri Alanko⁵, Raija Korpelainen^6,7,8, Harri Selänne⁹, Jari Parkkari¹⁰

¹Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
²UKK Institute of Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland.
³Paavo Nurmi Centre and Department of Physical Activity & Health, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
⁴Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland.
⁵Clinic of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Foundation for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Helsinki, Finland.
⁶Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Oulu Deaconess Institute, Oulu, Finland.
⁷Center of Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
⁸Medical Research Center, University of Oulu and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
⁹LIKES Foundation for Sport and Health Sciences and Mehilainen Sports Clinic, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
¹⁰Tampere Research Center of Sports Medicine, Tampere, Finland.

Objectives: The aim of this Health Promoting Sport Club (HPSC) study was to compare physical activity (PA), sleep time and screen time (ST) between sports club participants (n = 1200) and non-participants (n = 913). Design: A cross-sectional survey design was employed to assess PA, sleep and ST of adolescents. Methods: Information on these was collected from 14 to 16 year old adolescents (1200 sport club participants and 913 non-participants) through a standardized questionnaire. Results: Boys were more physically active than girls and met the PA guidelines more often than girls (p < 0.001). The proportion of youth reaching the PA guidelines was significantly higher among youth participants in organized sports (24.3%) compared to non-participants (14.5%) (p < 0.001). Sport club participants slept longer (1.25 hours) during weekends than non-participants (p < 0.001). Girls reported less ST than (30 minutes) boys (p < 0.001). Sport club participants reported less ST than non-participants (0.5 hours) (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Youth participating in organized sports met the recommendations for PA, ST and sleep more often than non- participants, supporting sports clubs’ contribution to health promotion. At the same time, only minor portion of sporting youth met the recommendations, therefore more attention should be focused on sport club participants’ PA, sleep and ST especially in coaching.

Sport Club Participation, Physical Activity, Sleep, Screen Time, Adolescents, Health Promotion

Mäkelä, K. , Kokko, S. , Kannas, L. , Villberg, J. , Vasankari, T. , Heinonen, J. , Savonen, K. , Alanko, L. , Korpelainen, R. , Selänne, H. and Parkkari, J. (2016) Physical Activity, Screen Time and Sleep among Youth Participating and Non-Participating in Organized Sports—The Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) Study. Advances in Physical Education, 6, 378-388. doi: 10.4236/ape.2016.64038.