Clustering of diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviour and related physical and mental health outcomes: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and diet play an important role in the physical and mental health of young people. Understanding how these behaviours cluster, and the impact of clusters on health is important for the development of public health interventions. This review examines the prevalence of clusters of PA, sedentary time, and dietary behaviours, and how clusters relate to physical and mental health indicators among children, adolescents and young adults.

Methods

Electronic (PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus) and manual searches were conducted for articles that were (i) observational studies including children, adolescents and/or young adults aged 5-24 years, (ii) examined the 'patterning', 'clustering', or 'co-existence' of each of PA, die

SUBMITTER: Alosaimi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10436445 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature