Compliance with 24-h movement behaviour guidelines among Belgian pre-school children : the ToyBox-study

The 24-h day-containing physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep-in pre-school children has not yet been extensively investigated. The aim of the current study was to investigate pre-schoolers' compliance with the 24-h movement behaviour guidelines (i.e., three hours/day total physical activity, a maximum of one hour/day of screen time and 10-13 h sleep/night). In total, 595 pre-schoolers (53.3% boys, mean age: 4.2 years) provided complete data for the three behaviours. Physical activity was objectively measured with accelerometers, while screen time and sleep were parent-reported thro... Mehr ...

Verfasser: De Craemer, Marieke
McGregor, Duncan
Androutsos, Odysseas
Manios, Yannis
Cardon, Greet
Dokumenttyp: journalarticle
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Schlagwörter: Medicine and Health Sciences / pre-school children / physical activity / sedentary behaviour / sleep / movement behaviours / 24-h guidelines / compliance / AGED 0-4 YEARS / PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY / SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR / YOUNG-CHILDREN / VALIDATION / TIME / CALIBRATION / OBESITY / ACCELEROMETERS / ACTIVPAL(TM)
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27304432
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8575926

The 24-h day-containing physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep-in pre-school children has not yet been extensively investigated. The aim of the current study was to investigate pre-schoolers' compliance with the 24-h movement behaviour guidelines (i.e., three hours/day total physical activity, a maximum of one hour/day of screen time and 10-13 h sleep/night). In total, 595 pre-schoolers (53.3% boys, mean age: 4.2 years) provided complete data for the three behaviours. Physical activity was objectively measured with accelerometers, while screen time and sleep were parent-reported through questionnaires. The proportion of pre-schoolers complying with the 24-h movement behaviour guidelines was calculated on weekdays and on weekend days. Low compliance rates were found: 10.1% on weekdays and only 4.3% on weekend days. The majority of pre-schoolers complied with the sleep duration guidelines (>90% on weekdays and weekend days), followed by the screen time guidelines (61% on weekdays and 28% on weekend days). The lowest compliance rates were found for physical activity (<20% on weekdays and weekend days). Overall, low percentages of pre-schoolers complying with the 24-h movement behaviour guidelines were found, and the lowest compliance was found for physical activity.