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Correlates of Light and Moderate-to-Vigorous Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Four-Year-Old Children

BACKGROUND: Correlates of physical activity (PA) are hypothesized to be context and behaviour specific, but there is limited evidence of this in young children. The aim of the current study is to investigate associations between personal, social and environmental factors and objectively measured lig...

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Autores principales: van Sluijs, Esther M. F., McMinn, Alison M., Inskip, Hazel M., Ekelund, Ulf, Godfrey, Keith M., Harvey, Nicholas C., Griffin, Simon J.
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24040365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074934
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author van Sluijs, Esther M. F.
McMinn, Alison M.
Inskip, Hazel M.
Ekelund, Ulf
Godfrey, Keith M.
Harvey, Nicholas C.
Griffin, Simon J.
author_facet van Sluijs, Esther M. F.
McMinn, Alison M.
Inskip, Hazel M.
Ekelund, Ulf
Godfrey, Keith M.
Harvey, Nicholas C.
Griffin, Simon J.
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description BACKGROUND: Correlates of physical activity (PA) are hypothesized to be context and behaviour specific, but there is limited evidence of this in young children. The aim of the current study is to investigate associations between personal, social and environmental factors and objectively measured light and moderate-to-vigorous PA (LPA and MVPA, respectively) in four-year-old children. METHODS: Cross-sectional data were used from the Southampton Women’s Survey, a UK population-based longitudinal study. Four-year old children (n = 487, 47.0% male) had valid PA data assessed using accelerometry (Actiheart) and exposure data collected with a validated maternal questionnaire (including data on child personality, family demographics, maternal behaviour, rules and restrictions, and perceived local environment). Linear regression modelling was used to analyse associations with LPA and MVPA separately, interactions with sex were explored. RESULTS: LPA minutes were greater in children whose mothers reported more PA (vs. inactive: regression coefficient±standard error: 6.70±2.94 minutes), and without other children in the neighbourhood to play with (−6.33±2.44). MVPA minutes were greater in children with older siblings (vs. none: 5.81±2.80) and those whose mothers used active transport for short trips (vs. inactive: 6.24±2.95). Children accumulated more MVPA in spring (vs. winter: 9.50±4.03) and, in boys only, less MVPA with availability of other children in the neighbourhood (−3.98±1.70). DISCUSSION: Young children’s LPA and MVPA have differing associations with a number of social and environmental variables. Interventions targeting PA promotion in young children outside of formal care settings should consider including intensity specific factors.
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spelling pubmed-37642042013-09-13 Correlates of Light and Moderate-to-Vigorous Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Four-Year-Old Children van Sluijs, Esther M. F. McMinn, Alison M. Inskip, Hazel M. Ekelund, Ulf Godfrey, Keith M. Harvey, Nicholas C. Griffin, Simon J. PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Correlates of physical activity (PA) are hypothesized to be context and behaviour specific, but there is limited evidence of this in young children. The aim of the current study is to investigate associations between personal, social and environmental factors and objectively measured light and moderate-to-vigorous PA (LPA and MVPA, respectively) in four-year-old children. METHODS: Cross-sectional data were used from the Southampton Women’s Survey, a UK population-based longitudinal study. Four-year old children (n = 487, 47.0% male) had valid PA data assessed using accelerometry (Actiheart) and exposure data collected with a validated maternal questionnaire (including data on child personality, family demographics, maternal behaviour, rules and restrictions, and perceived local environment). Linear regression modelling was used to analyse associations with LPA and MVPA separately, interactions with sex were explored. RESULTS: LPA minutes were greater in children whose mothers reported more PA (vs. inactive: regression coefficient±standard error: 6.70±2.94 minutes), and without other children in the neighbourhood to play with (−6.33±2.44). MVPA minutes were greater in children with older siblings (vs. none: 5.81±2.80) and those whose mothers used active transport for short trips (vs. inactive: 6.24±2.95). Children accumulated more MVPA in spring (vs. winter: 9.50±4.03) and, in boys only, less MVPA with availability of other children in the neighbourhood (−3.98±1.70). DISCUSSION: Young children’s LPA and MVPA have differing associations with a number of social and environmental variables. Interventions targeting PA promotion in young children outside of formal care settings should consider including intensity specific factors. Public Library of Science 2013-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3764204/ /pubmed/24040365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074934 Text en © 2013 van Sluijs et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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van Sluijs, Esther M. F.
McMinn, Alison M.
Inskip, Hazel M.
Ekelund, Ulf
Godfrey, Keith M.
Harvey, Nicholas C.
Griffin, Simon J.
Correlates of Light and Moderate-to-Vigorous Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Four-Year-Old Children
title Correlates of Light and Moderate-to-Vigorous Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Four-Year-Old Children
title_full Correlates of Light and Moderate-to-Vigorous Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Four-Year-Old Children
title_fullStr Correlates of Light and Moderate-to-Vigorous Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Four-Year-Old Children
title_full_unstemmed Correlates of Light and Moderate-to-Vigorous Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Four-Year-Old Children
title_short Correlates of Light and Moderate-to-Vigorous Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Four-Year-Old Children
title_sort correlates of light and moderate-to-vigorous objectively measured physical activity in four-year-old children
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24040365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074934
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