SynthesisInternational journal of public health2015
Socioeconomic position during childhood and physical activity during adulthood: a systematic review.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Associations of family socioeconomic indicators and physical activity of primary school-aged children: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Do adolescents' experiences of the barriers to and facilitators of physical activity differ by socioeconomic position? A systematic review of qualitative evidence.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
- Socioeconomic Inequalities in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour among the Chilean Population: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Intergenerational social mobility and leisure-time physical activity in adulthood: a systematic review.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2017Pooled it
- A cluster-randomised controlled trial to promote physical activity in adolescents: the Raising Awareness of Physical Activity (RAW-PA) Study.BMC public health · 2017Trial
- Association of life-course socioeconomic status with lifestyle changes after diagnosis of non-communicable disease: a prospective study using data from European, United States, and Chinese cohorts.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Maternal socioeconomic and physical activity level in pregnancy is associated with offspring's sport-related physical activity at age 14 years in a Danish prospective cohort study.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic gradients in 24-hour movement patterns across weekends and weekdays in a working-age sample: evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2024Article
- Childhood maltreatment and health in the UK Biobank: triangulation of outcome-wide and polygenic risk score analyses.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Physical activity modification over time according to socioeconomic position: results from the EPIC-Italy cohort study.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- A systematic review of demographic and background factors associated with the development of children's aquatic competence.Injury epidemiology · 2023Review
- The new normal for children's physical activity and screen viewing: a multi-perspective qualitative analysis of behaviours a year after the COVID-19 lockdowns in the UK.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Association between Physical Activity and Sleep Difficulties among Adolescents in Germany: The Role of Socioeconomic Status.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Perioperative Exercise Intention and Influencing Factors: A Multi-Centered Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Social Cognitive Orientations, Social Support, and Physical Activity among at-Risk Urban Children: Insights from a Structural Equation Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Association between childhood socioeconomic position and sports group participation among Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study from the JAGES 2010 survey.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Prenatal and birth predictors of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in three population-based birth cohorts in Brazil.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Health Literacy is Associated with Health Behaviors in Students from Vocational Education and Training Schools: A Danish Population-Based Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Socioeconomic position and occupational social class and their association with risky alcohol consumption among adolescents.International journal of public health · 2018Article
- Economic stress and low leisure-time physical activity: Two life course hypotheses.SSM - population health · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesA growing body of evidence links socioeconomic position early in life and physical activity during adulthood. This systematic review aimed to summarize this evidence.
methodsMedline and EMBASE were searched for studies that assessed socioeconomic position before age 18 years and physical activity at age ≥18 years. Studies were rated according to three key methodological quality criteria: (1) was childhood socioeconomic position assessed prospectively? (2) Was socioeconomic position during adulthood included in the statistical analysis? (3) Was a validated instrument used to measure of physical activity?
resultsForty-two publications were included. Twenty-six (61.9 %) found a significant association between socioeconomic position early in life and physical activity during adulthood. Twenty-one studies met at least two methodological quality criteria. Among those, the proportion was higher: 15/21 (71.4 %). Associations were of weak to moderate strength, positive for physical activity during leisure time, and negative for transports and work.
conclusionsThe bulk of the evidence supports the notion that there is a life course association between socioeconomic position early in life and physical activity during adulthood. Studies using more rigorous methodology supported this conclusion more consistently.
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