TY - JOUR T1 - WIde variability in physical activity environments and weather-related outdoor play policies in child care centers within a single county of ohio AU - Copeland KA, Sherman SN, Khoury JC, Foster KE, Saelens BE, Kalkwarf HJ Y1 - 2011/05/01 N1 - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.267 JO - Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine SP - 435 EP - 442 VL - 165 IS - 5 N2 - For preschool-aged children, daily physical activity is essential for obesity prevention and for learning age-appropriate gross motor, fine motor, cognitive, and social-emotional skills.1- 7 More than half of US children aged 3 to 6 years are in child care centers,8 and many spend long hours there.9 Unfortunately, in these settings, children are sedentary 70% to 83% of the time (excluding nap), and most are not getting adequate amounts of physical activity,10- 12 perhaps contributing to the increasing rates of obesity among US children.13- 16 SN - 1072-4710 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.267 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.267 ER -