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ArticleBMJ open2022

Associations between socioeconomic position and young people's physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the UK: a scoping review.

Natalie Pearson, Paula Griffiths, Esther van Sluijs, Andrew J Atkin, Kamlesh Khunti, Lauren B Sherar

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Article in BMJ open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Natalie PearsonSchool of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2060-5966
Paula GriffithsSchool of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
Esther van SluijsMRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK ev234@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
Andrew J AtkinSchool of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3819-3448
Kamlesh KhuntiDiabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Lauren B SherarSchool of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.

Funding

Department of HealthMedical Research Council MC_UU_00006/5Medical Research Council MR/K023187/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo examine the evidence on the associations between socioeconomic position and young people's physical activity and sedentary behaviours in the UK.

designScoping review. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, SCOPUS and Web of Science databases were searched for articles published up to and including January 2021. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES: Observational studies in children and adolescents (aged 5-18 years) from the UK that had assessed associations between at least one indicator of socioeconomic position and at least one outcome of physical activity and/or sedentary behaviour. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: Data were extracted by one reviewer and 20% were double checked. Indicators of socioeconomic position were tabulated with domains of physical activity and sedentary behaviour.

resultsFifty-seven publications were included in the review; 37 publications from 19 studies (k=23) of children and 21 publications from 15 studies (k=23) of adolescents. Most studies were cross-sectional. 63% of studies of children, and 40% of studies of adolescents assessed Index of Multiple Deprivation. Eighteen studies measured physical activity in children, 13 measured sedentary behaviour. Eleven studies of adolescents included a measure of physical activity, 10 included a measure of sedentary behaviour. Among children and adolescents, the association between socioeconomic position and measures of either physical activity or sedentary behaviour was highly variable depending on the measure of both socioeconomic position used and the behavioural outcome, with the exception of higher family affluence which was consistently associated with higher reported physical activity among adolescents.

conclusionPhysical activity and sedentary behaviours of children and adolescents in the UK are complex and influenced by multiple indicators of socioeconomic position that are, in most cases, different across age stages, outcomes examined and measurement tools. Greater consistency in the use and measures of socioeconomic position as well as outcomes of behaviour are required for robust country-specific meta-analyses.

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ExerciseSedentary BehaviorAdolescentChildHumansSocioeconomic FactorsUnited Kingdomcommunity child healthepidemiologypublic health

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PMCPMC9062792

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