Adherence to 24-h movement behavior guidelines and psychosocial functioning in young children: a longitudinal analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A recent paradigm shift has highlighted the importance of considering how sleep, physical activity and sedentary behaviour work together to influence health, rather than examining each behaviour individually. We aimed to determine how adherence to 24-h movement behavior guidelines from infancy to the preschool years influences mental health and self-regulation at 5 years of age.

Methods

Twenty-four hour movement behaviors were measured by 7-day actigraphy (physical activity, sleep) or questionnaires (screen time) in 528 children at 1, 2, 3.5, and 5 years of age and compared to mental health (anxiety, depression), adaptive skills (resilience), self-regulation (attentional problems, hyperactivity, emotional self-control, executive functioning), and inhibitory contro

SUBMITTER: Taylor RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8385859 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature