ArticleActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2025
Physical Activity and Screen Time Trends in Swedish Youth: The Generation Pep Study 2018-2023.
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- Survey Showed That Limiting Daily Screen Time Could Help to Avoid Mental Health Issues in Children Aged 8-17Years.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- [A population-based survey of myopia on primary school students in an administrative district, 2019 to 2024].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2026Article
- Fracture Incidence With 6-9 Years of Daily School Physical Activity: Lower Relative Fracture Risk at the End of the Intervention But Not After.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Article
- Trends and Behavioral Correlates of Excessive Screen Time Among Swedish Adolescents: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study (2017-2023).Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Swedish Well-Being: The rising importance of age among demographic, personality, and social relationship factors.SSM - population health · 2026Article
- Physical inactivity behaviour of European adolescents between 2013 and 2022.BMC public health · 2025Article
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aimTo compare physical activity and screen time behaviour of Swedish youth between three pandemic phases using data from an annual survey, and to evaluate the feasibility of device-measured physical activity for future survey rounds.
methodsA repeated cross-sectional study with data from a Swedish population-based survey (2018-2023) with questions on physical activity and screen time behaviour. The study period was categorised into prepandemic, pandemic and postpandemic phases. In 2022, screen time quality was included and a subsample used accelerometers (n = 700).
resultsA total of 50 163 children and adolescents (4-17 years) were included (49.0% girls, mean age 10.2 years). Regression models showed that physical activity was higher before (unstandardised B [95% CI] = 0.057 [0.002-0.112]) and after (0.046 [-0.004; 0.095]) the pandemic. Screen time was lower prepandemically (OR [95% CI] = 0.759 [0.726; 0.794]), with no significant difference during and after the pandemic. Data from 94% of the accelerometers were obtained, and these participants had higher socioeconomic status compared with the survey population.
conclusionScreen time increased during COVID-19 and remained high after, while physical activity levels seemed less affected by the pandemic phases. Future studies would benefit from screen time quality assessment and complementary device-based physical activity measurements.
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