ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2018
Physical activity and inactivity trajectories associated with body composition in pre-schoolers.
Article in International journal of obesity (2005), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00892983 (Primary Prevention of Rapid Weight Gain in Early Childhood), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Primary Prevention of Rapid Weight Gain in Early Childhood: a Randomised Controlled Trial
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Determinants of change in accelerometer-assessed sedentary behaviour in children 0 to 6 years of age: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Pooled it
- The Impact of Parental Engagement in an Electronic Health (EHealth) Intervention on Physical Activity, Dietary Behaviors, and Sleep in Preschool-Aged Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of a Parent-Based eHealth Intervention on Physical Activity, Dietary Behaviors, and Sleep in Preschoolers: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Outdoor time, screen time and sleep reported across early childhood: concurrent trajectories and maternal predictors.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Article
- Trajectories of physical activity and sedentary time in Norwegian children aged 3-9 years: a 5-year longitudinal study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Article
- Correlation between Language Development and Motor Skills, Physical Activity, and Leisure Time Behaviour in Preschool-Aged Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Using Body Composition Groups to Identify Children and Adolescents at Risk of Dyslipidemia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Adherence to 24-h movement behavior guidelines and psychosocial functioning in young children: a longitudinal analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Article
- A prediction model for childhood obesity in New Zealand.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Potential health-related behaviors for pre-school and school-aged children during COVID-19 lockdown: A narrative review.Preventive medicine · 2021Review
- The Association of Different Sedentary Patterns and Health-Related Physical Fitness in Pre-schoolers.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Do young children consistently meet 24-h sleep and activity guidelines? A longitudinal analysis using actigraphy.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2019Article
- Daily Physical Activity Among Toddlers: Hip and Wrist Accelerometer Assessments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Joint physical-activity/screen-time trajectories during early childhood: socio-demographic predictors and consequences on health-related quality-of-life and socio-emotional outcomes.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Article
- Physical activity and sedentary behavior across three time-points and associations with social skills in early childhood.BMC public health · 2019Article
- 24-h movement behaviors from infancy to preschool: cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships with body composition and bone health.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesEarly childhood is characterised by rapid development and is a critical period for the establishment of activity behaviours. We aim to examine how physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) track during the first 5 years of life, and to investigate associations between trajectories and body composition at 5 years of age. SUBJECTS/
methodsA total of 438 participants (50% male) wore an Actical accelerometer for 5 days at at least two of 1, 2, 3.5 and 5 years of age. Spearman correlation coefficients examined PA tracking from age 1 to 5 and trajectories of PA and SB were estimated using discrete mixture modelling. Regression models tested associations between both PA and SB trajectories and body composition measures.
resultsTracking coefficients for PA ranged from r = 0.31-0.51 across the ages, with similar tracking observed for sedentary behaviour (r = 0.21-0.39). Four distinct trajectory patterns were identified separately for PA and SB: consistently low, consistently high, increasing and decreasing. BMI and waist circumference were not significantly associated with PA trajectories, but those in the consistently high activity group had significantly lower % body fat (95% CI) at age 5 (14.3%; 13.5, 15.2) than those in the consistently low (16.8%; 15.6, 18.2) or increasing (15.7%; 14.7, 16.7) groups (P = 0.017). Sedentary behaviour trajectories were not associated with any of the anthropometric measures at age 5 (P > 0.05).
conclusionsPhysical activity and sedentary behaviour tracking is broadly similar from infancy to early childhood. Children with consistently higher levels of physical activity have reduced body fat at 5 years of age, although differences are relatively small.
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