Compliance with the Australian 24-hour movement guidelines for the early years: associations with weight status.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For effective public health and surveillance it is important to document the proportion of young children who meet the new Australian Integrated 24 h Movement Guidelines for the Early Years and how these associate with health outcomes. We aimed to (i) assess compliance with the new Integrated 24 h Movement Guidelines for the Early Years in a sample of Australian toddlers; and (ii) ascertain whether compliance with the guidelines associates with weight status.

Methods

The sample comprised 202 toddlers (104 girls) aged 19.74 ± 4.07 months from the GET UP!

Study

Participants wore accelerometers (Actigraph GT3X+) for 24 h over 7 consecutive days to assess physical activity, sedentary time and sleep. Parents reported participants' screen time. Weight and height

SUBMITTER: Santos R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5773912 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature