Loading...
Please wait, while we are loading the content...
Similar Documents
Associations of Outdoor Activity, Screen Time with Body Weight: A Cross-Sectional Study of Chinese Preschool Children
Content Provider | MDPI |
---|---|
Author | Ye, Weibing Zhang, Junfei Xu, Guoneng Ma, Shen |
Copyright Year | 2021 |
Description | This study was conducted to explore the relationship between outdoor activity time, screen time and body weight of children. All the participants, 3–6 years of age (n = 1422), from four kindergartens in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, were selected as the subjects by random cluster sampling. Weight and height were measured. Total screen time, time of outdoor play were self-reported by parents in a questionnaire. We used the $X^{2}$ test, t-test and logistic regression analysis to analyze the data. After adjusting the influencing factors such as children’s age, father’s education level and screen time, the risk of overweight and obesity was 1.734 times (95% CI: 1.178–2.552) higher for the children with outdoor activity time ≤ 2 h/d: 2.050 (95% CI: 1.252–3.357) for boys, 1.472 (95% CI: 0.785–2.761)—for girls. After adjusting the influencing factors such as children’s age, father’s education level and outdoor activity time, the risk of overweight and obesity in the children with screen time ≥ 1 h/d was 1.639 times (95% CI: 1.272–2.113) that in the children whose screen time was less than 1 h/d, including 1.474 times (95% CI: 1.057–2.057) higher for boys and 1.676 times (95% CI: 1.119–2.511) higher for girls. Thus, both long screen time and outdoor activity time were associated with the increase in the risk of overweight and obesity. |
Starting Page | 18 |
e-ISSN | 26739992 |
DOI | 10.3390/ECERPH-3-09036 |
Journal | Medical Sciences Forum |
Issue Number | 1 |
Volume Number | 4 |
Language | English |
Publisher | MDPI |
Publisher Date | 2021-01-11 |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Medical Sciences Forum Pediatrics and Child Health Preschool Children Obesity Screen Time Outdoor Activity Time |
Content Type | Text |