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...
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 ...
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, Mahbubul H. Siddiqee, Shameema Ferdous, Marzia Faruki et al.
Childhood obesity is rapidly rising in many developing countries such as Bangladesh; however, the factors responsible for this increase are not well understood. Being the primary caregivers of children, particularly in developing countries, maternal perceptions and knowledge could be important facto...
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...
Tawonga Mwase‐Vuma, Xanne Janssen, Anthony D. Okely, Mark S. Tremblay et al.
OBJECTIVES: To validate parent-reported child habitual total physical activity against accelerometry and three existing step-count thresholds for classifying 3 h/day of total physical activity in pre-schoolers from 13 culturally and geographically diverse countries. DESIGN: Cross-sectional validatio...
Katharina E. Kariippanon, Kar Hau Chong, Xanne Janssen, Simone A. Tomaz et al.
PURPOSE: There is a paucity of global data on sedentary behavior during early childhood. The purpose of this study was to examine how device-measured sedentary behavior in young children differed across geographically, economically, and sociodemographically diverse populations, in an international s...
Mohammad Sorowar Hossain, Enayetur Raheem, Anthony D. Okely
BACKGROUND: Increasing levels of urbanization and digitization in Bangladesh may be adversely associated with children's weight status and related movement behaviors. This study examined the prevalence of obesity, physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior, and sleep among young children from a dist...
Hassan Hosseinzadeh, Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Kamrun Nahar, Ann Dadich et al.
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 outbreak resulted in an increased demand for telemedicine worldwide. Telemedicine is a technology-based virtual platform that allows the exchange of clinical data and images over remote distances. This study aims to examine the impact of the perceived risk of COVID-19 on t...
Samah Zahran, Dylan P. Cliff, Devan Antczak, Eivind Aadland et al.
BACKGROUND: Sleep, sedentary behaviour, physical activity, and the composition of these movement behaviours across the 24-h day are associated with cognitive function in early years children. This study used a Goldilocks day compositional data analysis approach to identify the optimal duration of sl...
Zhiguang Zhang, Chalchisa Abdeta, Mohamed Souhaiel Chelly, Jesús del Pozo-Cruz et al.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To examine (1) multidimensional sleep profiles in preschoolers (3-6 years) across geocultural regions and (2) differences in sleep characteristics and family practices between Majority World regions (Pacific Islands, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asi...
Anthony D. Okely, Katharina E. Kariippanon, Hongyan Guan, Ellie Taylor et al.
Abstract Background: The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented restrictions on children’s ability to participate in adequate movement behaviours. This international longitudinal study compared young children’s physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep behaviours before and during th...
John J. Reilly, Rachel Andrew, Chalchisa Abdeta, Liane B. Azevedo et al.
BACKGROUND: The actions required to achieve higher-quality and harmonised global surveillance of child and adolescent movement behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour including screen time, sleep) are unclear. OBJECTIVE: To identify how to improve surveillance of movement behaviours, from...
SM Abdullah Al Mamun, M. M. Islam, Anthony D. Okely, Mohammad Sorowar Hossain
Abstract Sustainable urban development is a key compoment in the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Monitoring urbanization is critical for planners, governments and non-governmental organizations, and scientists to design policies that maximize the use of natural resources and accommoda...
Jackline Jema Nusurupia, Leyna Germana, Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Hong Tang et al.
BACKGROUND: Insufficient physical activity, excessive screen time and short sleep duration among young children are global public health concerns; however, data on prevalence of meeting World Health Organisation 24-h movement behaviour guidelines for 3-4-year-old children in low- and middle-income c...