Associations of physical activity and sedentary time with weight and weight status among 10‐ to 12‐year‐old boys and girls in Europe: a cluster analysis within the ENERGY project

Abstract

Engagement in more MVPA and less sedentary time is associated with a more favourable weight status among 10- to 12-year-old girls. Among boys, MVPA seems most important for weight status, while sedentary time appears to be less relevant.

Combinations of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep: relationships with health indicators in school-aged children and youth

“…All studies were published in 2008 or later, with participants ranging from 4-18 years of age (the mean age was between 5.0 and 17.9 years). Of the 14 included studies, 10 reported on adiposity (Aggio et al 2015;Chaput et al 2014b;De Bourdeaudhuij et al 2013;Ekelund et al 2012;Herman et al 2014;Hjorth et al 2014b;Katzmarzyk et al 2015;Laurson et al 2008Laurson et al , 2014Loprinzi et al 2015), 3 on cardiometabolic risk factors (de Moraes et al 2013;Ekelund et al 2012;Hjorth et al 2014a), and 3 on cardiorespiratory or musculoskeletal fitness (Aggio et al 2015;Martinez-Gomez et al 2011;Santos et al 2014). Two papers (Aggio et al 2015;Ekelund et al 2012) reported on more than 1 indicator.…”

“…SB was objectively measured using accelerometers in 12 studies (Aggio et al 2015;Chaput et al 2014b;De Bourdeaudhuij et al 2013;de Moraes et al 2013;Ekelund et al 2012;Martinez-Gomez et al 2011;Herman et al 2014;Hjorth et al 2014aHjorth et al , 2014bKatzmarzyk et al 2015;Loprinzi et al 2015;Santos et al 2014), and self-reported in 4 studies (Herman et al 2014;Hjorth et al 2014b;Laurson et al 2008Laurson et al , 2014. Two studies (Herman et al 2014;Hjorth et al 2014b) included both self-reported and objective measures of SB.…”

“…Eight studies (Aggio et al 2015;De Bourdeaudhuij et al 2013;Ekelund et al 2012;Herman et al 2014;Hjorth et al 2014b;Katzmarzyk et al 2015;Laurson et al 2008;Loprinzi et al 2015) assessed different combinations of PA and SB. All 8 studies reported that individuals with a combination of high PA/low SB had lower measures of adiposity and/or reduced prevalence of overweight/obesity than those with low PA/high SB.…”

“…Adiposity was reported in 10 cross-sectional studies, representing 7 unique datasets, and 30 746 individual participants (Aggio et al 2015;Chaput et al 2014b;De Bourdeaudhuij et al 2013;Ekelund et al 2012;Herman et al 2014;Hjorth et al 2014b;Katzmarzyk et al 2015;Laurson et al 2008Laurson et al , 2014Loprinzi et al 2015) (Table 2). Mean ages from individual studies ranged from 9.3-11.6 years.…”

Perinatal and lifestyle factors mediate the association between maternal education and preschool children's weight status: the ToyBox study

“…Lastly, mothers of lower education have been previously reported not to set any rules to control the time their young children are engaged in screenrelated activities (e.g., TV watching) because this is usually a convenient way of babysitting or calming down their children [30]. Increased screen time, however, is among the EBRBs that have been most strongly associated with overweight and/or obesity in various life stages [27,31].…”