Author, as appears in the article.: Schwarzfischer P; Gruszfeld D; Socha P; Luque V; Closa-Monasterolo R; Rousseaux D; Moretti M; ReDionigi A; Verduci E; Koletzko B; Grote V
Department: Medicina i Cirurgia
URV's Author/s: Closa Monasterolo, Ricardo / Luque Moreno, Verònica
Keywords: Televisión Sedentary behavior Overweight risk Outdoor play Obesity risk Measured physical-activity Lower protein Infant formula Childhood Body-mass index
Abstract: © 2020 Schwarzfischer et al. Objective In view of the current obesity epidemic, studies focusing on the interplay of playing outside (PO), screen time (ST) and anthropometric measures in preschool age are necessary to guide evidence-based public health planning. We therefore investigated the relationship between average time spent PO and ST from the ages 3 to 6 years and anthropometric measures at 6 years of age. Methods PO and ST of 526 children of the European Childhood Obesity Project (CHOP) were annually assessed by questionnaire from 3 until 6 years of age. Body weight, waist circumference and height were measured at 3 and 6 years of age to calculate Body-Mass-Index z-Scores (zBMI) and waist-to-height ratio (WTH). Linear, logistic and quantile regressions were used to test whether average time spent PO and ST in the 4 year period had an effect on anthropometric measures at age 6 years. Results Longer daily ST was associated with a higher zBMI (P = 0.002) and WTH (P = 0.001) at 6 years of age. No significant associations were found for time spent PO. Each additional hour of average ST during the 4 year period resulted in a 66% higher risk of having a zBMI score over 1 (P < 0.001) and almost twice the risk (94% higher risk) of having an zBMI score over 2 (P < 0.001) at 6 years. Conclusions Excessive ST during preschool age is a risk factor for increased zBMI at 6 years, regardless of time spent PO. Reducing high levels of ST during preschool age, for e.g. at least 1h per week, could help preventing childhood obesity.
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licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 19326203
Author's mail: veronica.luque@urv.cat ricardo.closa@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-2615-8175 0000-0002-9963-4163
Record's date: 2023-02-19
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229708
Papper original source: Plos One. 15 (3): e0229708-
APA: Schwarzfischer P; Gruszfeld D; Socha P; Luque V; Closa-Monasterolo R; Rousseaux D; Moretti M; ReDionigi A; Verduci E; Koletzko B; Grote V (2020). Effects of screen time and playing outside on anthropometric measures in preschool aged children. Plos One, 15(3), e0229708-. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229708
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229708
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2020
Publication Type: Journal Publications