SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2020
Unravelling the association between accelerometer-derived physical activity and adiposity among preschool children: A systematic review and meta-analyses.
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- 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
- Environmental and practice factors associated with children's device-measured physical activity and sedentary time in early childhood education and care centres: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Pooled 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
- Rural-urban differences in body mass index and obesity-related behaviors among low-income preschoolers.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2021Trial
- Device-Measured Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Cardiometabolic Risk Markers in Youth: A Harmonized Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2026Article
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- The Relationship with Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines in Preschool-Aged Children: A Systematic Review.Pediatric reports · 2025Review
- Associations Between 24-h Movement Behaviours and Health in 3- and 4-Year-Old Children From a Low-Income Country: The SUNRISE Ethiopia Study.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- Evaluation of indoor activities for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in preschoolers.Journal of sports sciences · 2024Article
- Investigating young children's physical activity through time and place.International journal of health geographics · 2024Article
- Associations Among Physical Activity, Adiposity, and Insulin Resistance in Children Exposed In Utero to Maternal Obesity With and Without Gestational Diabetes.Pediatric exercise science · 2023Article
- The multivariate physical activity signatures associated with body mass index and waist-to-height ratio in 3-5-year-old Norwegian children.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
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- The relationship between physical activity, physical fitness and fatness in 3-6 years old boys and girls: a cross-sectional study.Translational pediatrics · 2022Article
- Regional variation in lifestyle patterns and BMI in young children: the GECKO Drenthe cohort.International journal of health geographics · 2022Article
- The prospective relation between eating behaviors and BMI from middle childhood to adolescence: A 5-wave community study.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
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- Preschoolers' and Mothers Dietary Practices and Compliance with the 24-h Movement Guidelines: Results of Oman's National Nutrition Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Backyard benefits? A cross-sectional study of yard size and greenness and children's physical activity and outdoor play.BMC public health · 2021Article
- The Association Between Sedentary Screen Time, Non-screen-based Sedentary Time, and Overweight in Chinese Preschool Children: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
Evidence on the association between physical activity (PA) and adiposity in young children is inconclusive. A systematic review and meta-analyses were conducted to examine associations between accelerometer-derived PA and varying adiposity outcomes in preschool children. Searches were conducted in Embase, MEDLINE and Web of Science to identify studies on the association between total PA, sedentary behaviour or different PA intensities and adiposity in children aged 2 to 7 years. Separate random effects meta-analyses were performed for varying PA intensities and adiposity outcomes. Fifty-six articles were included in the review and 48 in the meta-analyses. There was substantial evidence of an inverse association between moderate-to-vigorous- or vigorous PA and body fat percentage (stdβ [SE] = -0.162[0.041]; 5 studies), weight status (r = -0.120, P<.001; 11 studies), fat mass (stdβ [SE] = -0.103[0.051]; 5 studies), fat mass index (stdβ [SE] = -0.121[0.036]; 2 studies) and skinfold thickness (stdβ [SE] = -0.145[0.036]; 4 studies). However, total PA, sedentary behaviour, and different PA intensities were not associated with body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference. Adiposity levels were lower among preschool children engaged in more (moderate-to-) vigorous PA compared with their peers, but no associations between PA and BMI or waist circumference were found.
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