Better health indicators of FitSpirit participants meeting 24-h movement guidelines for Canadian children and youth

Abstract

Summary This study aims to determine the proportion of girls who meet the recommendations for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), screen time and sleep duration among FitSpirit participants and evaluate the associations of these recommendations with perceived health-related quality of life (QOL), perceived health, physical activity (PA), self-efficacy and body mass index. Cross-sectional analyses of FitSpirit data were performed. All variables were collected through an online questionnaire. The proportion of girls meeting all recommendations was 2.2%, while 72.5% met either one or two and 25.4% met none. A greater percentage of girls with ≥3 years in FitSpirit met MVPA and sleep recommendations combined when compared with fewer years (12.9% vs. 1.7% with 1 year; vs. 10.1% with 2 years; p < 0.05). Meeting the combinations of MVPA and screen time (β = 0.19, 95% CI = 0.40, 1.68), MVPA and sleep (β = 0.20, 95% CI = 0.27, 1.04) and all three combined (β = 0.17, 95% CI = 0.33, 1.71) was the most significant predictors of better perceived QOL. Respecting MVPA recommendations predicted a better perceived health (β = 0.18, 95% CI = 0.18, 0.87) while girls who slept as recommended had a better PA-related self-efficacy (β = 0.23, 95% CI = 0.51, 2.11). Not meeting any recommendation was associated with inferior PA-related self-efficacy (β = −0.32, 95% CI = −3.03, −1.21). Lastly, meeting MVPA and sleep recommendations was significantly associated with lower body mass index z-scores (β = −0.14, 95% CI = −1.16, −0.11). There was a small percentage of girls following all of the recommendations. Furthermore, meeting individual and combined recommendations was associated with better perceived QOL and health, PA self-efficacy as well as healthier body mass index z-score.

Prevalence of meeting 24-Hour Movement Guidelines from pre-school to adolescence: A systematic review and meta-analysis including 387,437 participants and 23 countries

“…A total of 387,437 participants (49% of boys and 51% of girls) aged 3–18 years were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis, of which 11,768 were preschoolers (3–5 years; 3%), 76,928 (6–12 years; 20%) were children, and 298,741 (13–18 years; 77%) were adolescents. Twenty-six studies were conducted with preschoolers only, 8 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 13 studies with children only, 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 17 studies with adolescents only, 11 , 12 , 60 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 and 7 studies with both children and adolescents. 9 , 10 , 76 , 77 ...…”

“…Regarding the measurement of the 3 components of the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines, physical activity was obtained by device-based measures in 37 studies, 8 , 9 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 46 , 47 , 49 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 59 , 64 , 65 , 73 , 76 , 78 , 81 self-reported measures in 22 studies, 10 , 11 , 12 , 50 , 57 , 58 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 74 , 75 , 77 , 79 , 80 and parent-reported measures in 4 studies. 32 , 45 , ...…”

Associations of meeting 24-h movement guidelines with stress and self-rated health among adults: is meeting more guidelines associated with greater benefits?

“…Studies among children and youth have suggested that adhering to recommendations for a higher number of individual movement behaviours (e.g. for 3 vs for 2, or for 2 vs for 1) is associated with greater health benefits [ 19 , 20 ]. However, for adult populations, such evidence is scarce.…”

Health Promotion through Movement Behaviors and Its Relationship with Quality of Life in Spanish High School Adolescents: A Predictive Study

“…However, for girls in the unadjusted regression models, our findings highlighted that only sleep time combined with physical activity and screen behaviors were important for quality of life. In this sense, there are differences in the results obtained by previous studies [ 20 , 43 , 44 ]. Furthermore, in contrast to our findings, the studies by Guimarães et al [ 43 ] and Hesketh et al [ 44 ] showed a higher adherence to movement behaviors.…”

“…In this sense, there are differences in the results obtained by previous studies [ 20 , 43 , 44 ]. Furthermore, in contrast to our findings, the studies by Guimarães et al [ 43 ] and Hesketh et al [ 44 ] showed a higher adherence to movement behaviors. More specifically in line with our results, Guimarães states that girls show more ease in complying with sleep recommendations compared to their peers.…”