23.12.2012 Views

BE ACTIVE 2012 ABSTRACTS - Sports Medicine Australia

BE ACTIVE 2012 ABSTRACTS - Sports Medicine Australia

BE ACTIVE 2012 ABSTRACTS - Sports Medicine Australia

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Wednesday 31 October<br />

15 Determinants of change in children’s objectively measured sedentary time<br />

A. Atkin 1 * � E. van Sluijs 2 � K. Corder 1 � U. Ekelund 2,3 � K. Wijndaele 2 � S. Griffin 2 � 1 UKCRC Centre For Diet And Activity Research (CEDAR)<br />

2 Medical Research Council, Epidemiology Unit � 3 Department of <strong>Sports</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong>, Norwegian School of <strong>Sports</strong> Sciences<br />

Introduction: Sedentary behaviours are highly prevalent amongst children and may be adversely associated with cardio-metabolic health,<br />

independently of participation in physical activity. To inform intervention development, this study examined parental and home-environmental<br />

determinants of 1-year change in children’s objectively measured sedentary time after-school (Monday–Friday, 1500–2300) and at the weekend<br />

(Saturday–Sunday, 0600–2300).<br />

Methods: Data are from the Sport, Physical Activity, and Eating Behaviour: Environmental Determinants in Young People (SPEEDY) study.<br />

Participants wore accelerometers at baseline and 1 year later. Longitudinal data for the after-school and weekend analyses were available for 854<br />

(41.5% male, mean±SD age 10.2±0.3years) and 718 (41.8% male, age 10.2±0.3years) participants respectively. Information on 26 candidate<br />

predictors, including socio-economic status (SES), availability of electronic media and parental rules for active and sedentary behaviours was<br />

self-reported by children and/or their parents at baseline. Change in the proportion of registered time spent sedentary (

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!