ArticleChild: care, health and development2025
Healthy Lifestyle Matters: A Network Analysis of Urban Chinese Pre-School Children's Adiposity, Sleep Health, Mental Health, Child Functioning and Health Behaviours.
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- Mapping the Links Between Celebrity Worship and Subjective Well-Being in Chinese Undergraduates via Network Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Healthy Lifestyle Matters: A Network Analysis of Urban Chinese Pre-School Children's Adiposity, Sleep Health, Mental Health, Child Functioning and Health Behaviours.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
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backgroundIn the Chinese context, a greater emphasis is placed on academic skills rather than healthy lifestyles among pre-school children. To promote well-being as a whole, a comprehensive interpretation of multivariant relationships between health, functioning and well-being is necessary for children in this age group.
methodsThe current study adopted a network analysis among 422 urban Chinese pre-school children (57.8 ± 9.7 months, 54.2% boys) to detect the inter-relationships between the variables from nine domains, including demographics, adiposity, physical activity levels, executive function, motor coordination, sleep disturbance, diet health and mental strengths and difficulties. Data was obtained through both questionnaires completed by parents and direct assessment among children.
resultsFindings indicated that poor well-being outcomes were prevalent among the participating children, including risk of central obesity (18.9%), global sleep disturbance (38.4%) and moderate-to-severe mental difficulties (42.6%). The network analysis demonstrated that age fully/partially mediated the associations among child functioning such as executive function and motor coordination. Mental strength, mental difficulties and sleep health had mutual correlations, however, none of them had a significant relationship with age. Furthermore, sex played little role in the network.
conclusionThis study supports that healthy lifestyle is crucial for Chinese pre-school children to learn and practice. Results of network analysis implies that education on child's mental health are warranted for children, parents and teachers. A balance between academic achievement and child's health well-being should be prioritized in child care and early childhood education.
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