ArticlePediatric exercise science2018
Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors of Children in Family Child Care Homes: Are There Opportunities for Improvement?
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- Physical Activity and Screen Time Practices of Family Child Care Providers: Do They Meet Best Practice Guidelines?Childhood obesity (Print) · 2022Trial
- A multi-component tailored intervention in family childcare homes improves diet quality and sedentary behavior of preschool children compared to an attention control: results from the Healthy Start-Comienzos Sanos cluster randomized trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Trial
- Keys to healthy family child care homes: Results from a cluster randomized trial.Preventive medicine · 2020Trial
- The Impact of Shorter, More Frequent Outdoor Play Periods on Preschoolers' Physical Activity during Childcare: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- The physical environment in family childcare homes and children's physical activity.Child: care, health and development · 2018Trial
- How to integrate and leverage digital health modalities for health promotion in early childhood education: Opportunities to improve intervention access and engagement.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- ABC Grow Healthy Practices and Obesity-Related Health Behaviours in Family Child Care Homes in South Carolina.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- Correlates of children's dietary intake, physical activity and sedentary behavior in home-based childcare: A systematic review.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
- Feeding and Activity Environments for Infants and Toddlers in Childcare Centers and Family Childcare Homes in Southeastern New England.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Family child care home providers' self-reported nutrition and physical activity practices, self-efficacy, barriers and knowledge: baseline findings from happy healthy homes.Public health nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeMany children attend family child care homes (FCCHs), an important setting to influence children's physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB). This study assessed children's PA and SB while in FCCHs, characteristics of the FCCH PA environment, and relationships between the environment and child PA and SB.
methodChildren ages 1.5-4.0 years (n = 495) were recruited from 165 FCCHs in North Carolina. Children's moderate to vigorous PA and SB were measured via accelerometry for 3 days. FCCH PA environments were assessed over 2 days using the Environment and Policy Assessment and Observation for FCCHs. Ten subscores and an overall PA environment score (possible range: 0-30) were calculated; higher scores indicate better quality.
resultsChildren accumulated 30 (13) minutes of moderate to vigorous PA and 143 (42) minutes of SB in FCCHs daily. FCCHs scored low on the Environment and Policy Assessment and Observation for FCCHs, with an average overall score of 13 (2). FCCHs scored highest on screen time and screen time practices subscores, and lowest on PA education/professional development and PA policy subscores. Although no statistically significant associations were observed, some large Cohen d effect sizes were noted (eg, outdoor playtime subscore and moderate to vigorous PA).
conclusionsThis study highlights opportunities to improve FCCHs and increase children's behaviors (eg, providing adequate time and outdoor play spaces).
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