Adherence to Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among infants and associations with development: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To examine: 1) longitudinal adherence to the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines in a sample of infants and 2) associations between adherence to the guidelines over time and development.

Methods

Participants were 250 parent-infant dyads from the Early Movers project in Edmonton, Alberta. At 2, 4, and 6 months of age, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep, and development were measured with a parental questionnaire that included items from the Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3). Parents also reported the dates six major gross motor milestones were acquired during the first 18 months of life according to World Health Organization criteria. In a sub-sample (n = 93), movement behaviours were also measured with a time-use diary at 2, 4, and 6 months and gross

SUBMITTER: Carson V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9753321 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature