Associations between socioeconomic position and young people's physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the UK: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the evidence on the associations between socioeconomic position and young people's physical activity and sedentary behaviours in the UK.

Design

Scoping review.

Data sources

PubMed, SCOPUS and Web of Science databases were searched for articles published up to and including January 2021.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Observational studies in children and adolescents (aged 5-18 years) from the UK that had assessed associations between at least one indicator of socioeconomic position and at least one outcome of physical activity and/or sedentary behaviour.

Data extraction and synthesis

Data were extracted by one reviewer and 20% were double checked. Indicators of socioeconomic position were tabulated with domains of physica

SUBMITTER: Pearson N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9062792 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature