Introduction: South Asian (SA) school-aged children are reported to be less active than White Europeans, which may contribute to poor current and/or future health. However, research in pre-schoolers is scarce. This study examined ethnic differences in objectively assessed physical activity (PA) and sedentary time of pre-schoolers from a multi-ethnic ...
Purpose: Most studies of neighbourhood features examine singular neighbourhood attributes, which may pattern in different ways. This study aimed to identify typologies of neighbourhood attributes and their associations with physical activity among children. Methods: The homes of 808 children aged 5-6 and 10-12 years were mapped in a Geographic Information System. ...
Abstract: Active commuting to school (ACS) is an important source of physical activity for young people and may be helpful in fighting the obesity epidemic. However, children are subject to their parents restrictions and are not totally independent when choosing their active behaviors. The aim of this study is to ...
Background: Cardiovascular fitness (CVF) is a key determinant of health; however it is unclear what patterns of physical activity (PA) contribute to healthy levels of fitness in children. Therefore, we evaluated how patterns of PA and sedentary time are associated with CVF in school-aged children. Methods: Children (n=366, 8-11 yr) ...
Background: Observational studies and lab-based trials indicated protective effects of regularly interrupting sedentary time on cardio-metabolic health in adults. We examined associations of breaks in sedentary time with cardio-metabolic risk in children. Methods: We included 19,520 children (aged 4-18, 48% boys) from 14 studies participating in ICAD, providing data on cardio-metabolic risk (at ...
Objectives: To determine the amount of time children play outdoors and examine associations with weekday, weekend and after-school physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SB), and weight-status (normal-weight, overweight/obese). Methods: Data were extracted from Project BEAT (Toronto, 2010–2011; www.beat.utoronto.ca). Children's (n = 856; mean age = 11 ± 0.6 years) PA and SB were ...
Background: Childhood overweight/obesity and inadequate physical activity burden Western countries, and now, pose a growing threat to the health of children in low and middle income countries. Behavioural transitions toward more sedentary lifestyles coupled with increased consumption of high calorie foods has resulted in rising proportions of overweight/obesity ...
Introduction: To establish the variability in the measurement of habitual physical activity (HPA) using the ActiGraph(R) GT3X+ accelerometer in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Method: Repeated measures: Independently ambulant children with unilateral CP (n=30; aged 11y3m [2y4m]) completed standardized tasks over two consecutive days wearing an ...
Objective: Prevalence of asthma and overweight has increased simultaneously during the past decades. Several studies have reported an association between these two health problems, but it is unclear whether this relation is causal. We hypothesize that children with asthmatic symptoms are less physically active, which may contribute to the development ...
Background: The primary aim of the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE) was to determine the relationships between lifestyle behaviours and obesity in a multi-national study of children, and to investigate the influence of higher-order characteristics such as behavioural settings, and the physical, social and policy ...