ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2015
Effects of reallocating time in different activity intensities on health and fitness: a cross sectional study.
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- Meta-analysis and systematic review of physical activity on neurodevelopment disorders, depression, and obesity among children and adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review of the relationships between combinations of movement behaviours and health indicators in the early years (0-4 years).BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
- 24-Hour Movement Behavior and Health-Related Physical Fitness in College Students: A Compositional Data Analysis.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Isotemporal substitution of accelerometer-derived sedentary behavior and physical activity on physical fitness in young children.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Defecation Habits in Preschoolers Are Associated with Physical Activity: A Cross-Sectional and Isotemporal Substitution Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Associations of sleeping, sedentary and physical activity with phenotypic age acceleration: a cross-sectional isotemporal substitution model.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Substituting sedentary time with sleep or physical activity and subsequent weight-loss maintenance.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Article
- Effects of Substituting Sedentary Behavior with Light-Intensity or Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity on Obesity Indices in Adults: A Prospective Short-Term Follow-Up Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Isotemporal Substitution Analysis of Accelerometer-Derived Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity on Cardiometabolic Health in Korean Adults: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Association between Health-Related Physical Fitness and Respiratory Diseases in Adolescents: An Age- and Gender-Matched Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Effects of Substituting Types of Physical Activity on Body Fat Mass and Work Efficiency among Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Association of Reallocating Time in Different Intensities of Physical Activity with Weight Status Changes among Normal-Weight Chinese Children: A National Prospective Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Combinations of physical activity and screen time recommendations and their association with overweight/obesity in adolescents.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2020Article
- Isotemporal substitution of sedentary behavior for physical activity on cardiorespiratory fitness in children and adolescents.Medicine · 2020Observational
- One size does not fit all: identifying clusters of physical activity, screen time, and sleep behaviour co-development from childhood to adolescence.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Article
- Adiposity, fitness, health-related quality of life and the reallocation of time between children's school day activity behaviours: A compositional data analysis.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- Health outcomes associated with reallocations of time between sleep, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity: a systematic scoping review of isotemporal substitution studies.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Article
- Cross-sectional and prospective associations between physical activity, body mass index and waist circumference in children and adolescents.Obesity science & practice · 2017Article
- Fitness, fatness and the reallocation of time between children's daily movement behaviours: an analysis of compositional data.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe effects of replacing time in specific activity categories for other categories (e.g. replacing sedentary time with light activity) on health and fitness are not well known. This study used isotemporal substitution to investigate the effects of substituting activity categories in an equal time exchange fashion on health and fitness in young people.
methodsParticipants were drawn from schools in Camden, London (n = 353, mean age 9.3 ± 2.3 years). Time sedentary, in light and in moderate-to-vigorous activity (MVPA) was measured via accelerometry. The effects of substituting time in activity categories (sedentary, light and MVPA) with equivalent time in another category on health and fitness were examined using isotemporal substitution.
resultsIn single and partition models, MVPA was favourably associated with body fat %, horizontal jump distance and flexibility. Time sedentary and in light activity were not associated with health and fitness outcomes in these models. In substitution models, replacing one hour of sedentary time with MVPA was favourably associated with body fat % (B = -4.187; 95% confidence interval (CI), -7.233, -1.142), horizontal jump distance (B = 16.093; 95% CI, 7.476, 24.710) and flexibility (B = 4.783; 95% CI, 1.910, 7.656). Replacing time in light activity with MVPA induced similar benefits but there were null effects for replacing sedentary with light intensity.
conclusionSubstituting time sedentary and in light activity with MVPA was associated with favourable health and fitness. Time in sedentary behaviour may only be detrimental to health and fitness when it replaces time in MVPA in young people.
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