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简介:<正>Background:Increasingcaloricexpenditureinphysicaleducationisconsideredaneffectiveschool-basedapproachtoaddressingthechildobesityepidemic.Thisstudywasdesignedtodeterminesynergisticinfluencesofstudentcharacteristicsandlessonfactorsoncaloricexpenditureinelementaryandmiddleschoolphysicaleducation.Methods:Thestudyusedamulti-leveldesign.Level-1factorsincludedpersonalcharacteristics:age,gender,andbodymassindex.Level-2factorsincludedlessonlength,content,andschoollevel.BasedontheCenterforDiseaseControlandPreventionage—genderadjustedgrowthchart,studentsin87classesfrom14elementaryand15middleschoolswerepre-screenedinto"Overweight","Healthyweight",or"Thin"groups.Oneboyandonegirlwererandomlyselectedfromeachgroupineachclassasdataproviders(264elementaryand294middleschoolstudents).Caloricexpenditurewasmeasuredin243physicaleducationlessonsusingaccelerometers.Results:Analysisofvariancerevealedandhierarchicallinearmodelingconfirmedseparateagebybodymassindex,agebygender,andcontentbylesson—lengthinteractioneffects,suggestingthatthepersonalandlessonfactorsinfluencedcaloricexpenditureindependently.Oldermaleandheavierstudentsburnedmorecaloriesinalllessons.Studentsburnedmorecaloriesin45—60minsportskillorfitnesslessonsthaninshorter(30min)orlonger(75—90min)gameormulti-activitylessons.Conclusions:Thehypothesizedcross-levelinteractionwasnotobservedinthedata.Caloricexpenditurecanbeoptimizedin45—60minsportskillorfitnessdevelopmentlessons.Itcanberecommendedthatschoolsadopt45—60minlessonlengthandprovideskillandfitnessdevelopmenttasksinphysicaleducationtomaximizecaloricexpenditure.