Correlates of total sedentary time and screen time in 9-11 year-old children around the world: The international study of childhood obesity, lifestyle and the environment

Allana G. LeBlanc, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Tiago V. Barreira, Stephanie T. Broyles, Jean Philippe Chaput, Timothy S. Church, Mikael Fogelholm, Deirdre M. Harrington, Gang Hu, Rebecca Kuriyan, Anura Kurpad, Estelle V. Lambert, Carol Maher, José Maia, Victor Keihan Rodrigues Matsudo, Timothy Olds, Vincent Onywera, Olga L. Sarmiento, Martyn Standage, Catrine Tudor-LockePei Zhao, Mark S. Tremblay, Denise G. Lambert, Ben Butitta, Catherine Champagne, Shannon Cocreham, Kara Dentro, Katy Drazba, William Johnson, Dione Milauskas, Emily Mire, Allison Tohme, Ruben Rodarte, Bobby Amoroso, John Luopa, Rebecca Neiberg, Scott Rushing, Lucy Lewis, Katia Ferrar, Effie Georgiadis, Rebecca Stanley, Sandra Matsudo, Timoteo Araujo, Luis Carlos De Oliveira, Leandro Rezende, Luis Fabiano, Diogo Bezerra, Gerson Ferrari, Priscilla Bélanger, Mike Borghese, Charles Boyer, Claire Francis, Geneviéve Leduc, Chengming Diao, Wei Li, Weiqin Li, Enqing Liu, Gongshu Liu, Hongyan Liu, Ma Jian, Yijuan Qiao, Huiguang Tian, Yue Wang, Tao Zhang, Fuxia Zhang, Julio Acosta, Yalta Alvira, Maria Paula Diaz, Rocio Gamez, Maria Paula Garcia, Luis Guillermo Gómez, Lisseth Gonzalez, Silvia Gonzalez, Carlos Grijalba, Leidys Gutierrez, David Leal, Nicolas Lemus, Etelvina Mahecha, Maria Paula Mahecha, Rosalba Mahecha, Andrea Ramirez, Paola Rios, Andres Suarez, Camilo Triana, Elli Hovi, Jemina Kivelä, Sari Räsänen, Sanna Roito, Taru Saloheimo, Leena Valta, Deepa P. Lokesh, Michelle Stephanie D'Almeida, Annie Mattilda R, Lygia Correa, D. Vijay, Lucy Joy Wachira, Stella Muthuri, Alessandra Da Silva Borges, Sofia Oliveira Sá Cachada, Raquel Nichele De Chaves, Thayse Natacha Queiroz Ferreira Gomes, Sara Isabel Sampaio Pereira, Daniel Monteiro Vilhena E. De Santos, Fernanda Karina Dos Santos, Pedro Gil Rodrigues Da Silva, Michele Caroline De Souza, Vicki Lambert, Matthew April, Monika Uys, Nirmala Naidoo, Nandi Synyanya, Madelaine Carstens, Sean Cumming, Clemens Drenowatz, Lydia Emm, Fiona Gillison, Julia Zakrzewski, Ashley Braud, Sheletta Donatto, Corbin Lemon, Ana Jackson, Ashunti Pearson, Gina Pennington, Daniel Ragus, Ryan Roubion, John Schuna, Derek Wiltz

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Abstract

Purpose: Previously, studies examining correlates of sedentary behavior have been limited by small sample size, restricted geographic area, and little socio-cultural variability. Further, few studies have examined correlates of total sedentary time (SED) and screen time (ST) in the same population. This study aimed to investigate correlates of SED and ST in children around the world. Methods: The sample included 5,844 children (45.6% boys, mean age = 10.4 years) from study sites in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, India, Kenya, Portugal, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Child- and parent-reported behavioral, household, and neighborhood characteristics and directly measured anthropometric and accelerometer data were obtained. Twenty-one potential correlates of SED and ST were examined using multilevel models, adjusting for sex, age, and highest parental education, with school and study site as random effects. Variables that were moderately associated with SED and/or ST in univariate analyses (p<0.10) were included in the final models. Variables that remained significant in the final models (p<0.05) were considered correlates of SED and/or ST. Results: Children averaged 8.6 hours of daily SED, and 54.2% of children failed to meet ST guidelines. In all study sites, boys reported higher ST, were less likely to meet ST guidelines, and had higher BMI z-scores than girls. In 9 of 12 sites, girls engaged in significantly more SED than boys. Common correlates of higher SED and ST included poor weight status, not meeting physical activity guidelines, and having a TV or a computer in the bedroom. Conclusions: In this global sample many common correlates of SED and ST were identified, some of which are easily modifiable (e.g., removing TV from the bedroom), and others that may require more intense behavioral interventions (e.g., increasing physical activity). Future work should incorporate these findings into the development of culturally meaningful public health messages.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere0129622
JournalPloS one
Volume10
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 11 2015

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