Trial reportThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2022
Physical activity in early childhood: a five-year longitudinal analysis of patterns and correlates.
Trial report in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01198847 (A Randomised Controlled Trial for Overweight and Obese Parents to Prevent Childhood Obesity), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.
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A Randomised Controlled Trial for Overweight and Obese Parents to Prevent Childhood Obesity
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effectiveness of a medical exercise prescription to promote physical activity in children: a pragmatic randomized trial in primary care.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Trial
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- Impact of cut-point methods on classification of physical activity and sedentary behaviour of toddlers.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Sex-specific BMI, 24-hour movement behaviors, motor skills, and executive functions in Tunisian preschool children: an observational cross-sectional study.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Bidirectional, prospective associations between physical activity, fundamental motor skills, and physical fitness in preschool children.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Physical activity and sedentary behaviour amongst children with obesity - exploring cross-sectional associations between child and parent.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2025Article
- Anthropometric Influence on Preschool Children's Physical Fitness and Motor Skills: A Systematic Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Review
- Gendered relations? Associations between Swedish parents, siblings, and adolescents' time spent sedentary and physically active.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Risk factors for overweight and obesity after childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in North America and Switzerland: A comparison of two cohort studies.Cancer medicine · 2023Article
- Parent-Offspring Associations in Body Composition: Findings From the Southampton Women's Survey Prospective Cohort Study.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2023Article
- Schooltime's contribution to pupils' physical activity levels: A longitudinal study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Physical Activity among U.S. Preschool-Aged Children: Application of Machine Learning Physical Activity Classification to the 2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey National Youth Fitness Survey.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundKnowledge on longitudinal patterns and related factors of young children's physical activity (PA) is still scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine patterns and changes of accelerometer-measured PA over time in two to six-year-old children. Furthermore, the aim was to investigate if parental PA, socioeconomic status, sex, weight status, and motor skills are related to child PA over time, using prospective cohort data from a clustered randomized controlled trial.
methodsOne hundred and six children (52% girls) and their parents had PA measured yearly from age two to six with an Actigraph GT3X. The actigraph was worn on the non-dominant wrist for one week; anthropometric data and motor skills, as well as background information, was collected simultaneously. The outcome was counts per minute from the vector magnitude, and linear mixed-effect models were used to answer the research questions.
resultsAmong the children, accelerometer-measured PA increased on average by 11% per year from two years of age (mean 3170 cpm (3007-3334 95% CI)) onwards to six years of age (mean 4369 cpm (4207-4533 95% CI)). From three years of age, children were more active on weekdays than on weekend days. The rate of difference varied across low, medium, and highly active children (based on tertiles). No significant differences in weekdays/weekend PA among the lowest active children was found. Despite this, they were still significantly less active on weekend days than the most active children. Maternal, but not paternal PA was found to be significantly positively related to child PA over time, with a medium to large effect size. But no significant relationships were found between child PA and sex, weight status, or socioeconomic status.
conclusionsPA increased on average with 11% per year, similarly for boys and girls. From three years of age children were more active during weekdays than weekend days. These results indicate that child PA benefits from active stimulation by parents and care takers already from early ages. It is important to identify attributes of possible intervention designs for weekend days for families with young children as well as characterize the least active children.
trial registrationEarly STOPP was prospectively registered in the clinical trials registry: clinicaltrials.gov , ID NCT01198847.
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