ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2014
Fatness predicts decreased physical activity and increased sedentary time, but not vice versa: support from a longitudinal study in 8- to 11-year-old children.
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- Shared Determinants of Poor Sleep, Obesity and Adiposity in Adolescents Aged 8-18-Years: A Systematic Review.Journal of sleep research · 2025Pooled it
- Combinations of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Sleep Duration and Their Associations With Physical, Psychological, and Educational Outcomes in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.American journal of epidemiology · 2023Pooled it
- Sleep and obesity among children: A systematic review of multiple sleep dimensions.Pediatric obesity · 2020Pooled it
- Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe - harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Prenatal, birth and early life predictors of sedentary behavior in young people: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2016Pooled it
- A systematic review of determinants of sedentary behaviour in youth: a DEDIPAC-study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2015Pooled it
- Physical activity, sedentary time and gain in overall and central body fat: 7-year follow-up of the ProActive trial cohort.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2015Trial
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- Is underweight associated with poorer diet, nutrient status, bone and cardiometabolic health, and school performance in Danish 8-11-year-olds?European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Associations of Sedentary Time and Physical Activity From Childhood With Lipids: A 13-Year Mediation and Temporal Study.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2024Article
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- Longitudinal associations of movement behaviours with body composition and physical fitness from 4 to 9 years of age: structural equation and mediation analysis with compositional data.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Article
- Bidirectional associations between adiposity and physical activity: a longitudinal study from pre-puberty to early adulthood.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- The multivariate physical activity signatures associated with body mass index and waist-to-height ratio in 3-5-year-old Norwegian children.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- The Impact of Obesity on the Fitness Performance of School-Aged Children Living in Rural Areas-The West Attica Project.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine independent and combined cross-sectional associations between movement behaviors (physical activity (PA), sedentary time, sleep duration, screen time and sleep disturbance) and fat mass index (FMI), as well as to examine longitudinal associations between movement behaviors and FMI.
methodsCross-sectional and longitudinal analyses were done using data from the OPUS school meal study on 785 children (52% boys, 13.4% overweight, ages 8-11 years). Total PA, moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), sedentary time and sleep duration (7 days and 8 nights) were assessed by an accelerometer and FMI was determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) on three occasions over 200 days. Demographic characteristics, screen time and sleep disturbance (Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire) were also obtained.
resultsTotal PA, MVPA and sleep duration were negatively associated with FMI, while sedentary time and sleep disturbances were positively associated with FMI (P⩽0.01). However, only total PA, MVPA and sleep duration were independently associated with FMI after adjustment for multiple covariates (P<0.001). Nevertheless, combined associations revealed synergistic effects among the different movement behaviors. Changes over time in MVPA were negatively associated with changes in FMI (P<0.001). However, none of the movement behaviors at baseline predicted changes in FMI (P>0.05), but higher FMI at baseline predicted a decrease in total PA and MVPA, and an increase in sedentary time (P⩽0.001), even in normal-weight children (P⩽0.03).
conclusionTotal PA, MVPA and sleep duration were independently associated with FMI, and combined associations of movement behaviors showed a synergistic effect with FMI. In the longitudinal study design, a high FMI at baseline was associated with lower PA and higher sedentary time after 200 days but not vice versa, even in normal-weight children. Our results suggest that adiposity is a better predictor of PA and sedentary behavior changes than the other way around.
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