Correlates of sedentary behaviour in 8- to 10-year-old children at elevated risk for obesity
Publication: Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
5 September 2014
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to describe correlates of sedentary behaviour (SED) in children at elevated risk of obesity because of parental obesity. Participants were 534 children aged 8–10 years with ≥1 obese parent. SED and physical activity (PA) were measured by accelerometer, screen time by self-report, and height, weight, waist circumference, and cardiovascular fitness objectively measured. Data describing the child, parents, friends, and home and neighbourhood environments were from child self-report. Higher total SED time was significantly positively associated with child’s age, mother’s age, Tanner stage, weight status or waist circumference, less self-reported PA, choosing screen time over PA/sport, mother saying PA/sport good for them, and fewer weekly physical education (PE) classes. Exceeding 2 h/day screen time was significantly associated with child’s age, male sex, weight status or waist circumference, choosing screen time over PA/sport, and dinnertime TV viewing. Children regularly watching TV with dinner had 2.3 times greater odds (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.52, 3.58) of exceeding screen time guidelines compared with children rarely watching TV with dinner; children reporting ≤2 PE classes/week had 2.4 times greater odds (95% CI 1.41, 4.10) of being in the highest SED tertile compared with children reporting >2 PE classes/week. Hence, the most sedentary children are older, more biologically mature, less active, more overweight/obese, have fewer PE classes, and are more likely to choose screen time over PA and watch TV with dinner compared with less sedentary children. PE opportunities and mealtime TV viewing are potentially modifiable targets for reducing total SED and screen time in children.
Résumé
Cette étude visait à décrire les corrélats du comportement sédentaire (SED) des enfants à haut risque d’obésité dû à l’obésité des parents. Les participants étaient 534 enfants âgés de 8 à 10 ans avec ≥1 parent obèse. Le SED et l’activité physique (AP) ont été évalués au moyen d’un accéléromètre, le temps d’écran auto-rapporté par le jeune et une mesure objective de la stature, de la masse corporelle, du tour de taille et de capacité cardiovasculaire a été obtenue. Les données au sujet des enfants et de leurs parents et amis, et sur l’environnement résidentiel et ses environs, sont basées sur une autoévaluation faite par les enfants. Le temps total plus élevé de SED s’est avéré être significativement et positivement associé à l’âge de l’enfant, à l’âge de la mère, au stade de Tanner, au statut pondéral ou au tour de taille, à moins d’AP auto-rapportée, à la sélection du temps d’écran plutôt que l’AP/sport, au propos de la mère disant que l’AP/sport est bon pour eux et à moins de classes hebdomadaires d’éducation physique (EP). Passer plus de 2 h/jour devant un écran était significativement associé à l’âge de l’enfant, au sexe masculin, au statut pondéral ou au tour de taille, à la sélection du temps d’écran plutôt que l’AP/sport et à regarder la télévision pendant le repas du soir. Les enfants regardant régulièrement la television lors des repas présentaient 2,3 fois plus de risque (intervalle de confiance (IC) 95 %: 1,52–3,58) de dépasser les directives en matière de temps d’écran comparativement aux enfants regardant rarement la television lors des repas. Pour leur part, les enfants rapportant ≤2 classes d’EP hebdomadaire présentaient 2,4 fois plus de risque (IC 95 %: 1,41–4,10) de se classer dans le tertile supérieur de SED comparativement aux enfants rapportant >2 classes d’EP par semaine. Ainsi, les enfants les plus sédentaires sont plus âgés, présentent une maturité biologique plus avancée, sont moins actifs, sont plus en surpoids ou obèses, ont moins de cours d’EP et sont plus susceptibles de choisir le temps d’écran avant l’AP/sport et à regarder la television lors des repas du soir comparativement aux enfants moins sédentaires. Afin de diminuer le temps total de SED et le temps d’écran chez les enfants, il faudrait tenter de cibler des comportements potentiellement modifiables comme les occasions d’EP et les repas en regardant la television.
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Volume 40 • Number 1 • January 2015
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Received: 6 February 2014
Accepted: 1 August 2014
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HermanKatya M., SabistonCatherine M., MathieuMarie-Eve, TremblayAngelo, and ParadisGilles. 2015. Correlates of sedentary behaviour in 8- to 10-year-old children at elevated risk for obesity. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 40(1): 10-19. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2014-0039