ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2016
Role of physical activity and sleep duration in growth and body composition of preschool-aged children.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies Exploring the Link Between Physical Inactivity and Indicators of Childhood Overweight/Obesity and Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity Risk in Western Countries.Current obesity reports · 2026Pooled it
- Association Between Physical Activity and Indicators of Overweight/Obesity and Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity Risk in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Prospective Epidemiological Studies and Randomized Controlled Trials in Western Countries.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Physical activity and prospective associations with indicators of health and development in children aged <5 years: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Unravelling the association between accelerometer-derived physical activity and adiposity among preschool children: A systematic review and meta-analyses.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2020Pooled it
- Systematic review of the relationships between physical activity and health indicators in the early years (0-4 years).BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
- Systematic review of the relationships between sleep duration and health indicators in the early years (0-4 years).BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
- Physical activity in infancy is associated with body composition at age three.BMC public health · 2026Trial
- Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between the 24-hour movement behaviours, including muscle and bone strengthening activity, with bone and lean mass from childhood to adolescence.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- Rural-urban differences in body mass index and obesity-related behaviors among low-income preschoolers.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2021Trial
- Maternal and child factors associated with child body fatness in a Ghanaian cohort.Public health nutrition · 2020Trial
- Physical Activity and Body Composition in Children and Their Mothers According to Mother's Gestational Diabetes Risk: A Seven-Year Follow-Up Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Trial
- Physical activity and sleep patterns in children attending after-school programs in Arizona: a cross-sectional study.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2026Article
- Profiles of 24-h movement behaviors and physical fitness among preschool children: a latent profile analysis.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2026Article
- Weekday-specific associations of movement behaviors with body composition in preschool children: A compositional data analysis.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Sleep and Obesity Risk in Children: A Systematic Review of Multiple Dimensions of Sleep.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between 24-hour movement behaviors and growth, motor, and social-emotional development in early childhood.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2025Article
- Methodological Choices on 24-h Movement Behavior Assessment by Accelerometry: A Scoping Review.Sports medicine - open · 2025Review
- Behaviour-based movement cut-off points in 3-year old children comparing wrist- with hip-worn actigraphs MW8 and GT3X.PloS one · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Relationships of Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Muscular Fitness with Body Fatness in Preschoolers.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Low Sleep Hygiene Is Associated with Less Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Chilean Schoolchildren from Rural Public Schools-A Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe impact of physical activity patterns and sleep duration on growth and body composition of preschool-aged children remains unresolved. Aims were (1) to delineate cross-sectional associations among physical activity components, sleep, total energy expenditure (TEE), and body size and composition; and (2) to determine whether physical activity components, sleep, and TEE predict 1-year changes in body size and composition in healthy preschool-aged children.
methodsAnthropometry, body composition, accelerometry, and TEE by doubly labeled water were measured at baseline; anthropometry and body composition were repeated 1 year later (n = 111).
resultsCross-sectionally, positive associations between sedentary activity and weight and fat-free mass (FFM) (P = 0.009-0.047), and a negative association between moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and percent fat mass (FM) (P = 0.015) were observed. TEE and activity energy expenditure (AEE) were positively associated with weight, body mass index (BMI), FFM, and FM (P = 0.0001-0.046). Prospectively, TEE, AEE, physical activity level, and MVPA, but not sedentary activity, were positively associated with changes in BMI (P = 0.0001-0.051) and FFM (P = 0.0001-0.037), but not percent FM. Sleep duration inversely predicted changes in FM (P = 0.005) and percent FM (P = 0.006).
conclusionsProspectively, MVPA, TEE, AEE, and physical activity level promote normal growth and accretion of FFM, whereas sleep duration inversely predicts changes in adiposity in preschool-aged children.
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