Development and launch of the Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for the Early Years

Tremblay, Marc Mario; LeBlanc, Allana G.; Carson, Valerie; Gorber, Sarah Connor; Duggan, Mary; Janssen, Ian; Kho, Michelle E.; Murumets, Kelly; Timmons, Brian W.; Spence, John C.

doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2012.11.792

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“…Canadian sedentary behaviour guidelines do not specify a total daily sedentary time target. Rather, guidelines only specify time restrictions on screen time: that children under age 2 do not engage in screen time (American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Public Education 2001), and screen time be limited to less than 1 hour per day in 3 to 4 year old children (Tremblay et al 2012b), and to no more than 2 hours per day in 5 year old children (Tremblay et al 2011b), While our data show that children aged < 18 months, 18-59 months and ≥ 60 months spend 79% (~7.3 hours), 63% (~6.6 hours), 58% (~6.6 hours) of their day, respectively, engaged in sedentary behaviours, we do not know how much of that time was screen time. A higher proportion of waking hours was spent in sedentary time, particularly for the two youngest age groups, when compared with CHMS data (Colley et al 2013).…”

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Objectively measured physical activity of young Canadian children using accelerometry

Borkhoff

Heale

Anderson

et al. 2015

Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.

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The objective of the study was to describe objectively measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary time of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and determine the proportion meeting Canadian age-specific PA guidelines. Ninety children (47 girls, 43 boys; mean age 32 (range, 4-70) months) attending scheduled health supervision visits and in the TARGet Kids! (The Applied Research Group for Kids) cohort wore an Actical accelerometer for 7 days. Participants with 4 or more valid days were included in the analysis. Time, in mean minutes per day (min/day), spent sedentary and in light PA, moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA), and total PA was determined using published cut-points; age groups were compared using ANOVA. Twenty-three percent of children <18 months (n = 28) and 76% of children aged 18-59 months (n = 45) met the guideline of 180 min/day of total PA; 13% of children ≥60 months (n = 17) met the guideline of 60 min/day of MVPA. Children <18 months spent more of their waking time per day engaged in sedentary behaviours (79%; ∼7.3 h) compared with children aged 18-59 months (63%; ∼6.6 h) and children ≥60 months (58%; ∼6.6 h). In conclusion, most children aged 18-59 months met the Canadian PA guidelines for children aged 0-4 years, whereas few younger than 18 months met the same guidelines. Only 13% of children ≥5 years met their age-specific PA guidelines. Further research is needed to develop, test, and implement effective strategies to promote PA and reduce sedentary behaviour in very young children.

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Objectively measured physical activity of young Canadian children using accelerometry

Borkhoff

Heale

Anderson

et al. 2015

Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.

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“…Non-Government Strategies was graded an 'A−' due to the physical activity promotion initiatives of the nongovernment sector with its unilateral development of a national physical activity strategy, Active Canada 20/20, and the development and publication of the Canadian Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for the Early Years (0-4 Years) (18,19). Non-Government Investments was graded as 'INC' (incomplete) due to a lack of data.…”

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Results from the Active Healthy Kids Canada 2012 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

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Colley

Borghese

et al. 2013

Paediatrics and Child Health

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“…Research shows that children exceed those screen time recommendations [29][30][31][32][33][34], and studies investigating health outcomes related to screen time indicate that high screen time is associated with increased weight gain and obesity [30,[35][36][37][38][39]. Consequently, reducing children's sedentary time (including screen time) may be important for the prevention of chronic diseases even in adulthood [40].…”

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Intervention Effects of the Health Promotion Programme “Join the Healthy Boat” on Objectively Assessed Sedentary Time in Primary School Children in Germany

Kobel

Dreyhaupt

Wartha

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Sedentary behaviour (SB) in children is related to negative health consequences that can track into adulthood. The programme “Join the Healthy Boat” promotes reduced screen time and a less sedentary lifestyle in schoolchildren. This study investigated the effects of the programme on children’s SB. For one year, teachers delivered the programme. A total of 231 children (7.0 ± 0.6 years) participated in the cluster-randomised study; there were 154 one year later at follow-up. Children’s SB was assessed using multi-sensor accelerometery, screen time via parental questionnaire. Effects were analysed using (linear) mixed effects regression models. At baseline, children spent 211 (±89) min daily in SB, at follow-up 259 (±109) min/day with no significant difference between the intervention (IG) and control group (CG). SB was higher during weekends (p < 0.01, for CG and IG). However, at follow-up, daily screen time decreased in IG (screen time of >1 h/day: baseline: 33.3% vs. 27.4%; follow-up: 41.2% vs. 27.5%, for CG and IG, respectively). This multi-dimensional, low-threshold intervention for one year does not seem to achieve a significant reduction in children’s SB, although screen time decreased in IG. Therefore, it should be considered that screen time cannot be the key contributor to SB and should not solely be used for changing children’s SB. However, if screen time is targeted, interventions should promote the replacement of screen time with active alternatives.

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Development and launch of the Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for the Early Years

Cited by 4 publications

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Objectively measured physical activity of young Canadian children using accelerometry

Objectively measured physical activity of young Canadian children using accelerometry

Results from the Active Healthy Kids Canada 2012 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

Intervention Effects of the Health Promotion Programme “Join the Healthy Boat” on Objectively Assessed Sedentary Time in Primary School Children in Germany

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