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ArticleCurrent nutrition reports2013

Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Dietary Patterns among Children.

Jessica S Gubbels, Patricia van Assema, Stef P J Kremers

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Article in Current nutrition reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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60citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Tracking and changes in the clustering of physical activity, sedentary behavior, diet, and sleep across childhood and adolescence: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  8. Association of early childhood lifestyle patterns with overweight in preschoolers and timing of adiposity rebound.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jessica S GubbelsDepartment of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Patricia van Assema
Stef P J Kremers
Maastricht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Energy balance-related behavioral patterns find their origin in early childhood. The current paper provides an overview of studies that have examined such behavioral patterns, i.e., the clustering of dietary behaviors, physical activity, and/or sedentary behavior. The paper discusses the importance of examining energy balance-related behavioral patterns in children, outlines methods to examine these patterns, and provides examples of patterns that have been found (e.g., the universal sedentary-snacking and healthy intake patterns, as well as more unique or local patterns), child and parental characteristics predicting such patterns (e.g., child gender and maternal educational level), and the relationship of these patterns with overweight and related measures.

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Activity patternBehavioral patternChildCluster analysisClusteringDietary intakeDietary patternEating routinesEnergy balanceFactor analysisLifestyle patternObesityOverweightPhysical activityPrincipal component analysisSedentary behavior

Identifiers

PMID23638341
PMCPMC3637646
OpenAlexW2075568024

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