Abstract
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of physical activity and sedentary behaviours in European children, and to evaluate the relationship between media availability in personal space and physical activity in relation to total screen time. Design: Data from the baseline IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of dietaryand lifestyle-induced health effects in children and infants) cross-sectional survey. Information on hours of television/digital video disk/video viewing and computer/games-console use (weekday and weekend days), media device availability in personal space, sports club membership, hours of active organized play and commuting (to and from school) were assessed via a self-reported parental questionnaire. Total screen time was defined as the sum of daily media use and subsequently dichotomized into meeting or not meeting the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Setting: Eight survey centres (Italy, Estonia, Cyprus, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Hungary and Spain). Subjects: Children (n 15 330; 51% males) aged 2-10 years. Results: Percentage of children engaged in total screen time for >2 h/d was higher on weekend days (52% v. 20% on weekdays) and in the older group (71% in males; 57% in females), varying by country. Children with a television set in their bedroom were more likely not to meet the screen time recommendations (OR = 1.54; 95% CI 1.60, 1.74). Conclusions: Approximately a third of the children failed to meet current screen time recommendations. Availability of a television set in personal space increased the risk of excess total screen time. This information could be used to identify potential targets for public health promotion actions of young population groups.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2295-2306 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Public Health Nutrition |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 30 2013 |
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Keywords
- Children
- Commuting
- Europe
- IDEFICS
- Leisure time
- Physical activity
- Screen time
- Sedentary behaviours
- Television watching
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Medicine(all)
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Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in European children : The IDEFICS study. / Santaliestra-Pasías, Alba Ma; Mouratidou, Theodora; Verbestel, Vera; Bammann, Karin; Molnar, Dénes; Sieri, Sabina; Siani, Alfonso; Veidebaum, Toomas; Ma˚rild, Staffan; Lissner, Lauren; Hadjigeorgiou, Charalambos; Reisch, Lucia; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Moreno, Luis A.
In: Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 17, No. 10, 30.08.2013, p. 2295-2306.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in European children
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AU - Santaliestra-Pasías, Alba Ma
AU - Mouratidou, Theodora
AU - Verbestel, Vera
AU - Bammann, Karin
AU - Molnar, Dénes
AU - Sieri, Sabina
AU - Siani, Alfonso
AU - Veidebaum, Toomas
AU - Ma˚rild, Staffan
AU - Lissner, Lauren
AU - Hadjigeorgiou, Charalambos
AU - Reisch, Lucia
AU - De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse
AU - Moreno, Luis A.
PY - 2013/8/30
Y1 - 2013/8/30
N2 - Objective: To estimate the prevalence of physical activity and sedentary behaviours in European children, and to evaluate the relationship between media availability in personal space and physical activity in relation to total screen time. Design: Data from the baseline IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of dietaryand lifestyle-induced health effects in children and infants) cross-sectional survey. Information on hours of television/digital video disk/video viewing and computer/games-console use (weekday and weekend days), media device availability in personal space, sports club membership, hours of active organized play and commuting (to and from school) were assessed via a self-reported parental questionnaire. Total screen time was defined as the sum of daily media use and subsequently dichotomized into meeting or not meeting the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Setting: Eight survey centres (Italy, Estonia, Cyprus, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Hungary and Spain). Subjects: Children (n 15 330; 51% males) aged 2-10 years. Results: Percentage of children engaged in total screen time for >2 h/d was higher on weekend days (52% v. 20% on weekdays) and in the older group (71% in males; 57% in females), varying by country. Children with a television set in their bedroom were more likely not to meet the screen time recommendations (OR = 1.54; 95% CI 1.60, 1.74). Conclusions: Approximately a third of the children failed to meet current screen time recommendations. Availability of a television set in personal space increased the risk of excess total screen time. This information could be used to identify potential targets for public health promotion actions of young population groups.
AB - Objective: To estimate the prevalence of physical activity and sedentary behaviours in European children, and to evaluate the relationship between media availability in personal space and physical activity in relation to total screen time. Design: Data from the baseline IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of dietaryand lifestyle-induced health effects in children and infants) cross-sectional survey. Information on hours of television/digital video disk/video viewing and computer/games-console use (weekday and weekend days), media device availability in personal space, sports club membership, hours of active organized play and commuting (to and from school) were assessed via a self-reported parental questionnaire. Total screen time was defined as the sum of daily media use and subsequently dichotomized into meeting or not meeting the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Setting: Eight survey centres (Italy, Estonia, Cyprus, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Hungary and Spain). Subjects: Children (n 15 330; 51% males) aged 2-10 years. Results: Percentage of children engaged in total screen time for >2 h/d was higher on weekend days (52% v. 20% on weekdays) and in the older group (71% in males; 57% in females), varying by country. Children with a television set in their bedroom were more likely not to meet the screen time recommendations (OR = 1.54; 95% CI 1.60, 1.74). Conclusions: Approximately a third of the children failed to meet current screen time recommendations. Availability of a television set in personal space increased the risk of excess total screen time. This information could be used to identify potential targets for public health promotion actions of young population groups.
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