Prevalence and correlates of adherence to movement guidelines among urban and rural children in Mozambique: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Insufficient physical activity, short sleep duration, and excessive recreational screen time are increasing globally. Currently, there are little to no data describing prevalences and correlates of movement behaviours among children in low-middle-income countries. The few available reports do not include both urban and rural respondents, despite the large proportion of rural populations in low-middle-income countries. We compared the prevalence of meeting 24-h movement guidelines and examined correlates of meeting the guidelines in a sample of urban and rural Mozambican schoolchildren.

Methods

This is cross-sectional study of 9-11 year-old children (n = 683) recruited from 10 urban and 7 rural schools in Mozambique. Moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activit

SUBMITTER: Manyanga T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6819612 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature