Excessive homework, inadequate sleep, physical inactivity and screen viewing time are major contributors to high paediatric obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study examined the relationships between energy balance-related behaviours (EBRBs) outside school hours and obesity in Chinese primary school students. We also explored the influence of gender on those relationships.

Methods

The study sample was a cross-sectional cohort of 5032 Chinese children who were enrolled in grades 1-6 in primary schools in five Chinese cities and whose mean ages ranged from seven years and three months to 11.9 years. The children's parents completed a survey on their child's height, weight and EBRBs outside school hours.

Results

The response rate was 97%, and the reported rates of overweight and obesity were 13.6% and 13.8%, respectively. The obesity rates were higher in boys and lower grade children. Most EBRBs varied between boys an

SUBMITTER: Ren H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6680318 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature