24 hour movement behaviours and the health and development of pre-school children from Zimbabwean settings: the SUNRISE pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) released global guidelines for physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for the early years. The International Study of Movement Behaviours in the Early Years, SUNRISE, aimed to assess the extent to which children aged three and four years meet the WHO global guidelines and its association with health and development.

Objectives

To assess movement behaviours in pre-school children from low-income settings in Zimbabwe and to establish associations between these movement behaviours and adiposity, motor skills and executive function.

Methods

Pre-school children/caregivers were recruited from two urban and two rural public schools respectively in Zimbabwe. The caregivers answered questions on the children's p

SUBMITTER: Munambah N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9924604 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature