Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Shuby Puthussery
Objective To assess and synthesize the published evidence on risk factors of overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence in South Asia. Study design A systematically conducted narrative review. Methods A systematic review was conducted of all primary studies published between January 1990 an...
Trudy Wijnhoven, Mercedes de Onís, Adelheid W. Onyango, Tracey Wang et al.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Multicentre Growth Reference (MGRS) data management protocol was designed to create and manage a large data bank of information collected from multiple sites over a period of several years. Data collection and processing instruments were prepared centrally and use...
Anthony D. Okely, Katharina E. Kariippanon, Hongyan Guan, Ellie Taylor et al.
BACKGROUND: The restrictions associated with the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in changes to young children's daily routines and habits. The impact on their participation in movement behaviours (physical activity, sedentary screen time and sleep) is unknown. This international longitudinal stu...
Ayesha Sania, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Goodarz Danaei, Günther Fink et al.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the magnitude of relationships of early life factors with child development in low/middle-income countries (LMICs). DESIGN: Meta-analyses of standardised mean differences (SMDs) estimated from published and unpublished data. DATA SOURCES: We searched Medline, bibliographies o...
Claire Francis, Patricia E. Longmuir, Charles P. Boyer, Lars Bo Andersen et al.
BACKGROUND: The Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (CAPL) was conceptualized as a tool to monitor children's physical literacy. The original model (fitness, activity behavior, knowledge, motor skill) required revision and relative weights for calculating/interpreting scores were required. METH...
Rebecca Love, Jean Adams, Andrew J. Atkin, Esther van Sluijs
OBJECTIVE: To investigate if daily vigorous physical activity (VPA), adjusted for minutes of moderate physical activity (MPA) performed, differs by socioeconomic position or ethnicity in a large sample of UK children with objectively measured physical activity. DESIGN: Nationally representative pros...
Riaz Uddin, Jo Salmon, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Asaduzzaman Khan
In this study we examined the associations of physical education class participation with physical activity among adolescents. We analysed the Global School-based Student Health Survey data from 65 countries (N = 206,417; 11-17 years; 49% girls) collected between 2007 and 2016. We defined sufficient...
Anthony D. Okely, John J. Reilly, Mark S. Tremblay, Katharina E. Kariippanon et al.
Introduction 24-hour movement behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep) during the early years are associated with health and developmental outcomes, prompting the WHO to develop Global guidelines for physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of ...
Salomé Aubert, Joel D. Barnes, Nicolás Aguilar-Farías, Greet Cardon et al.
BACKGROUND: To better understand the childhood physical inactivity crisis, Report Cards on physical activity of children and youth were prepared concurrently in 30 very high Human Development Index countries. The aim of this article was to present, describe, and compare the findings from these Repor...
Allana G. LeBlanc, Ian Janssen
We examined differences between objective (accelerometer) and subjective (selfreport) measures of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in youth. Participants included 2761 youth aged 12-19 years. Within each sex and race group, objective and self-reported measures of MVPA were poorly correl...
Stephanie Taylor, Russell Viner, Robert Booy, Jenny Head et al.
BACKGROUND: The developed world is experiencing an 'epidemic' of childhood obesity but little is known about the prevalence of obesity, or underweight, amongst adolescents from minority ethnic groups in the UK. An understanding of the prevalence of obesity and overweight in these populations is impo...
Gillian Lancaster, Gareth McCray, Patricia Kariger, Tarun Dua et al.
BACKGROUND: Renewed global commitment to the improvement of early child development outcomes, as evidenced by the focus of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4, highlights an increased need for reliable and valid measures to evaluate preventive and interventional efforts designed to aff...
Kar Hau Chong, Thomas Suesse, Penny Cross, Sarah T. Ryan et al.
Importance: The prevalence estimates of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep (collectively known as movement behaviors) in 3- and 4-year-old children worldwide remains uncertain. Objective: To report the proportion of 3- and 4-year-old children who met the World Health Organization guide...
Mohammad Sorowar Hossain, Iztiba Mallik Deeba, Mahmudul Hasan, Katharina E. Kariippanon et al.
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines for physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep for children under 5 years of age in 2019. In response to these guidelines, this pilot study aimed to (i) determine the proportion of preschool children (ages 3-4 years) who met t...
Joanne Trigwell, Rebecca Murphy, N. Timothy Cable, Gareth Stratton et al.
Guidelines recommend children and young people participate in at least 60 min of physical activity (PA) every day, however, findings from UK studies show PA levels of children vary across ethnic groups. Since parents play an instrumental role in determining children’s PA levels, this article aims to...