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ArticleChild: care, health and development2024

Associations Between Childcare Physical Activity and Sedentary Time and Early Childhood Developmental Outcomes: A Compositional and Isotemporal Substitution Analysis.

Sophie M Phillips, Matthew Bourke, Brianne A Bruijns, Leigh Vanderloo, Aidan Loh, Kendall Saravanamuttoo, Patricia Tucker

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Article in Child: care, health and development, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05359536 (Impact of an Early Childhood Educator e-Learning Course in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour on Young Children's Movement Behaviours in Childcare), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05359536 nacompletednot on this map

Impact of an Early Childhood Educator e-Learning Course in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour on Young Children's Movement Behaviours in Childcare: The TEACH-Preschooler Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorWestern University, CanadaRan2022 to 2023Enrolled145ConditionsPhysical ActivityArmsTraining Early Childhood educators in PA
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sophie M PhillipsChild Health and Physical Activity Laboratory, School of Occupational Therapy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4140-8013
Matthew BourkeChild Health and Physical Activity Laboratory, School of Occupational Therapy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Brianne A BruijnsChild Health and Physical Activity Laboratory, School of Occupational Therapy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Leigh VanderlooChild Health and Physical Activity Laboratory, School of Occupational Therapy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Aidan LohChild Health and Physical Activity Laboratory, School of Occupational Therapy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Kendall SaravanamuttooChild Health and Physical Activity Laboratory, School of Occupational Therapy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8700-5386
Patricia TuckerChild Health and Physical Activity Laboratory, School of Occupational Therapy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8392-9418

Funding

Western University-CIHR Seed Grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhysical activity and sedentary time are independently associated with health and developmental outcomes in preschool children. However, the integrated nature of these behaviours on early life outcomes, particularly during childcare hours, is currently understudied. As such, the aim of this study was to examine the association between preschool children's physical activity and sedentary time during childcare and various developmental outcomes (psychosocial, cognitive and fundamental movement skills).

methodsA total of 107 preschool children (M

resultsEngaging in more MVPA relative to LPA and sedentary time was associated with fewer internalising symptoms and better total fundamental movement skills and object control skills, whilst spending more time in LPA relative to MVPA and sedentary time was associated with more internalising symptoms and worse object control skills. Isotemporal substitution models suggested that theoretically increasing sedentary time or engaging in MVPA at the expense of time engaging in LPA during childcare is associated with lower internalising symptoms.

conclusionThe findings of this study provide preliminary evidence that engaging in MVPA during childcare, at the expense of time in LPA or sedentary time, is associated with children's fundamental movement skills and psychosocial development. Further longitudinal research is required, with larger samples of young children, to assess the mechanisms through which childcare movement behaviour compositions may interact with developmental outcomes, including contextualising both sedentary time and LPA.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT05359536.

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Child DevelopmentExerciseSedentary BehaviorAccelerometryChild BehaviorChild CareChild Day Care CentersChild, PreschoolCognitionCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansLondonMaleMotor SkillsRandomized Controlled Trials as Topicchildcarecompositional data analysisphysical activitypreschoolsedentary time

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PMID39569560
PMCPMC11579959

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