Trial reportBMC public health2018
Novel patterns of physical activity in a large sample of preschool-aged children.
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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.
Growing Right Onto Wellness (GROW): Changing Early Childhood Body Mass Index (BMI) Trajectories
Linking Primary Care, Communities and Families to Prevent Obesity Among Preschoolers
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of the validity, reliability, and feasibility of measurement tools used to assess the physical activity and sedentary behaviour of pre-school aged children.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Childhood Obesity Evidence Base Project: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of a New Taxonomy of Intervention Components to Improve Weight Status in Children 2-5 Years of Age, 2005-2019.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2020Pooled it
- What Makes Them Move? An Agent-Based Model of Childhood Physical Activity.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Physical Activity, Sedentary Patterns, and Lifestyle Behavior in Spanish Preschool Children from the CORALS Cohort.Sports medicine - open · 2025Article
- Reallocating 24-hour movement behaviors and its impact on mental health in preschool children: a compositional data and dose-response analysis.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Leveraging agent-based modeling and a randomized intervention to advance childhood physical activity: A study protocol.PloS one · 2025Article
- Relation between Demographics and Physical Activity among Preschoolers Attending Head Start.Journal of child and family studies · 2022Article
- Physical Activity and the Home Environment of Pre-School-Aged Children in Urban Bangladesh.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Association between Physical Activity and Fundamental Movement Skills in Preschool-Aged Children: Does Perceived Movement Skill Competence Mediate This Relationship?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Active Learning Norwegian Preschool(er)s (ACTNOW) - Design of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Staff Professional Development to Promote Physical Activity, Motor Skills, and Cognition in Preschoolers.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- The Effects of a Comprehensive, Integrated Obesity Prevention Intervention Approach (SuperFIT) on Children's Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and BMI Z-Score.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Greenspace, physical activity, and BMI in children from two cities in northern Mexico.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
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9 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundModerate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), shown to be associated with health benefits, is not well-characterized in preschool-aged children. MVPA is commonly described as a threshold amount to achieve. We examined a novel way to characterize MVPA patterns in preschool-aged children by gender and age.
methodsPreschool-aged children from Nashville, TN and Minneapolis, MN wore triaxial accelerometers. Four distinct MVPA patterns were identified: isolated spurt (IS), isolated sustained activity (ISA), clustered spurt (CS), and clustered sustained activity (CSA). Multivariable linear regression models were used to test associations of gender and age with each pattern.
resultsOne thousand one hundred thirty-one children (3.9 years old, 51% girls, 30% overweight, 11% obese, and 76% Hispanic) wore accelerometers for 12.9 (SD = 1.4) hours/day for 6.7 (SD = 0.7) days. Children spent 53% of wear time in sedentary behavior and 13% in MVPA. On average, boys and girls achieved > 90 min/day of MVPA (98.2 min, SD = 32.3). Most MVPA (80%) was obtained in spurt-like (IS and CS) MVPA; however, girls spent a higher proportion of MVPA in IS and CS, and lower proportion of time in CSA (all p < 0.001). Controlling for gender, an increase of 1-year in age corresponded to a 1.5% increase in CSA (p < 0.05).
conclusionsHow MVPA was obtained varied depending on the gender and age of the child. On average, boys spent more time in sustained MVPA than girls and MVPA was more sustained in older children. Utilizing these patterns could inform PA practice and policy guidelines.
trial registrationNCT01316653 , date of registration: March 3, 2011; NCT01606891, date of registration: May 23, 2012.
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