Adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines in children with mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders: Data from the 2016-2020 National Survey of Children's Health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adopting a healthy lifestyle during childhood could improve physical and mental health outcomes in adulthood and reduce relevant disease burdens. However, the lifestyles of children with mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders (MBDDs) remains under-described within the literature of public health field. This study aimed to examine adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines among children with MBDDs compared to population norms and whether these differences are affected by demographic characteristics.

Methods

Data were from the 2016-2020 National Survey of Children's Health-A national, population-based, cross-sectional study. We used the data of 119,406 children aged 6-17 years, which included 38,571 participants with at least 1 MBDD and 80,835 without. Adher

SUBMITTER: Pan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10199162 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature