Go Nutrition and Physical activity Self Assessment in Child Care (NAP SACC) is an evidence based intervention developed to positively impact childhood obesity in early childhood education (ECE) facilities. One focus of Go NAP SACC is the development of physical activity best practices. However, little research has examined differences in achievement of best practices based on age of child and geographic location. The purpose of this study was to examine differences in the achievement of physical activity best practices between urban and rural childcare facilities by age-specific recommendations (infants, toddlers, and preschoolers) and in the overall physical activity environment. Urban (n = 207) and rural (n = 218) ECE facilities completed the Go NAP SACC process. Data were analyzed using an ANCOVA. A majority of facilities reported exceeding best practices (79.5%), however significant differences were found on 18 best practices with urban facilities outscoring their rural counterparts on 17 of these items. A comparison by age found that urban facilities reported higher achievement of best practices among infants (60%) in comparison to toddlers (40%) or preschoolers (30%). Future studies should continue to explore the rural–urban context of physical activity practices across the early childhood age groups to ensure healthy physical development of children.

进行营养和身体活动幼儿保育自我评估（NAP SACC）是一项循证医学干预措施，旨在积极影响幼儿教育（ECE）设施中的儿童肥胖。Go NAP SACC的重点之一是体育锻炼最佳实践的开发。但是，很少有研究根据孩子的年龄和地理位置来检查最佳实践的实现差异。这项研究的目的是通过针对特定年龄的建议（婴儿，学步儿童和学龄前儿童）以及在整体体育锻炼环境中研究城乡托儿所在体育锻炼最佳实践方面的差异。城市（n = 207）和农村（n = 218）ECE设施完成了Go NAP SACC流程。使用ANCOVA分析数据。大多数设施报告均超过最佳做法（占79.5％），但是在18个最佳做法中发现了显着差异，其中城市设施在其中17个项目上超过了农村地区。按年龄进行的比较发现，与幼儿（40％）或学龄前儿童（30％）相比，城市设施报告的婴儿（60％）的最佳实践成绩更高。未来的研究应继续探索幼儿期各个年龄组在农村到城市进行体育锻炼的情况，以确保儿童的健康成长。按年龄进行的比较发现，与幼儿（40％）或学龄前儿童（30％）相比，城市设施报告的婴儿（60％）的最佳实践成绩更高。未来的研究应继续探索幼儿期各个年龄组在农村到城市进行体育锻炼的情况，以确保儿童的健康成长。按年龄进行的比较发现，与幼儿（40％）或学龄前儿童（30％）相比，城市设施报告的婴儿（60％）的最佳实践成绩更高。未来的研究应继续探索幼儿期各个年龄组在农村到城市进行体育锻炼的情况，以确保儿童的健康成长。