ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2013
Association between objectively measured sedentary behavior and body mass index in preschool children.
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- Systematic review of the relationships between sedentary behaviour and health indicators in the early years (0-4 years).BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
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- Accelerometer based independent and combined associations of physical activity and sedentary time on physical fitness in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- ABC Grow Healthy Practices and Obesity-Related Health Behaviours in Family Child Care Homes in South Carolina.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- Association between Objectively measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior with Body Composition among Primary School Children.International journal of school health · 2024Article
- Associations between Movement Behaviours and Obesity Markers among Preschoolers Compliant and Non-Compliant with Sleep Duration: A Latent Profile Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Trajectories of objectively measured physical activity and childhood overweight: longitudinal analysis of the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Article
- The Association of Different Sedentary Patterns and Health-Related Physical Fitness in Pre-schoolers.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Sedentary time, physical activity and compliance with IOM recommendations in young children at childcare.Preventive medicine reports · 2017Article
- Role of physical activity and sleep duration in growth and body composition of preschool-aged children.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2016Article
- Sedentary Behavior in Preschoolers: How Many Days of Accelerometer Monitoring Is Needed?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Article
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objectiveTo determine the association between accelerometry-derived sedentary behavior and body mass index (BMI) z-score in preschool children, and to determine whether the association changed when applying three different accelerometry cutpoints for sedentary behavior. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: Cross-sectional design. Data came from two completed studies: Children's Activity and Movement in Preschool Study (CHAMPS) and the Environmental Determinants of Physical Activity in Preschool Children (EDPAPC) study. Children of ages 3-5 years with complete data on sedentary behavior, BMI z-score, physical activity and other covariates were included in the analyses (N=263 in CHAMPS and N=155 in EDPAPC). Accelerometry data were summarized as time spent in sedentary behavior (min h(-1)) using three different cutpoints developed specifically for preschool children (<37.5, <200 and <373 counts per 15 s). Linear mixed regression models were used to determine the association between time spent in sedentary behavior and BMI z-score; age, gender, race, parental education, preschools and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) were included as covariates.
resultsIn both CHAMPS and EDPAPC studies, no independent association between time spent in sedentary behavior and BMI z-score was observed after adjusting for MVPA. The observed null association between sedentary behavior and BMI z-score was maintained even with different sedentary behavior cutpoints.
conclusionsRegardless of cutpoints used, accelerometry-derived sedentary behavior was not independently associated with BMI z-score in two independent samples of preschool children. Longitudinal studies addressing this research question are needed.
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