Five-year trends in U. S. child and adolescent 24-hour movement behavior guideline adherence, 2018-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to investigate the five-year trends in 24-hour movement behavior (24hrMB) guideline adherence among children and adolescents in the United States (U.S.) using the 2018-2022 waves of the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), giving particular attention to disparities in guideline adherence with respect to sex, age, and overweight/obesity status.

Methods

This secondary data analysis study utilized a successive independent samples design involving data from five waves (2018-2022) of the U.S. NSCH. Robust Poisson regression models were used to examine adherence to 24hrMB guidelines (physical activity [PA], screentime [ST], sleep [SL]), with survey year included as a categorical independent variable. Post-hoc marginal prevalences we

SUBMITTER: Pfledderer CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12532870 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature