Trial reportPloS one2011
MVPA is associated with lower weight gain in 8-10 year old children: a prospective study with 1 year follow-up.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- School-based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
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- Play as a Method to Reduce Overweight and Obesity in Children: An RCT.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Optimal 24-h movement behaviors and longitudinal changes in adiposity: a compositional data analysis in school-aged children.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Longitudinal associations between adherence to 24-h movement guidelines and physical fitness and body composition in pediatric overweight and obesity.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Associations of physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep with obesity markers in Chinese college students: a compositional data analysis.BMC public health · 2026Article
- BMI gains and MVPA in children: a body composition perspective.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Longitudinal relationship between adherence to 24-h Movement Guidelines and adiposity among children.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Association of physical activity, sedentary behavior, diet quality with adiposity: a longitudinal analysis in children categorized by baseline weight status.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Article
- The relationship between modifiable lifestyle behaviours and self-reported health in children and adolescents in the United Kingdom.PloS one · 2024Article
- Multiple beneficial effects of 1-year nutritional-behavioral intervention on anthropometric and metabolic parameters in overweight and obese boys.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2023Article
- The Association between Sedentary Behavior, Physical Activity, and Physical Fitness with Body Mass Index and Sleep Time in Chilean Girls and Boys: A Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Comparison of daily physical activity parameters using objective methods between overweight and normal-weight children.Journal of sport and health science · 2018Article
- Physical Activity and Changes in Adiposity in the Transition from Elementary to Middle School.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2017Article
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- Objectively measured physical activity and longitudinal changes in adolescent body fatness: an observational cohort study.Pediatric obesity · 2016Observational
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- Racial differences in parental perceptions of the neighborhood as predictors of children's physical activity and sedentary behavior.Preventive medicine reports · 2015Article
- Longitudinal effects of parental, child and neighborhood factors on moderate-vigorous physical activity and sedentary time in Latino children.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundStudies relating physical activity (PA) to weight gain in children have produced mixed results, although there is some evidence for stronger associations with more intense physical activities. The present study tested the hypothesis that weight gain over one year in 8-10 year olds would be more strongly predicted by moderate and vigorous physical activity (MVPA) than total physical activity (total PA) or sedentary behaviour. METHODOLOGY: Participants were 280 children taking part in the Physical Exercise and Appetite in Children Study (PEACHES). Weight status was assessed using body mass index (BMI), fat mass index (FMI), and waist circumference (WC) in school Year 4 (baseline; age 8.7 yrs) and Year 5 (follow-up; age 9.7 yrs). Physical activity was measured at baseline using the Actigraph GT1M accelerometer to assess total PA (mean accelerometers counts per minute), MVPA; ≥ 4000 counts per minute) and sedentary time (<100 counts per minute). PRINCIPAL
findingsAfter adjustment for baseline BMI, SES, sex and ethnicity, MVPA was significantly associated with follow-up BMI (adjusted β = -0.07; p = 0.002). This association was independent of total PA or sedentary time. Similar results were observed for FMI; again MVPA was significantly associated with follow up FMI (β = -0.16; p = 0.001) independent of total PA or sedentary time. The pattern was similar for WC (β = -0.07), but the association between MVPA and WC did not reach significance at p = 0.06.
conclusionThe results of this study strongly support promotion of MVPA in children.
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