Year: 2021
Title: Socioeconomic disparities in physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep patterns among 6‐ to 9‐year‐old children from 24 countries in the WHO European region
Author: Musić Milanović, Sanja
Author: Buoncristiano, Marta
Author: Križan, Helena
Author: Rathmes, Giulia
Author: Williams, Julianne
Author: Hyska, Jolanda
Author: Duleva, Vesselka
Author: Zamrazilová, Hana
Author: Hejgaard, Tatjana
Author: Jørgensen, Maja Bæksgaard
Author: Salanave, Benoît
Author: Shengelia, Lela
Author: Kelleher, Cecily C.
Author: Spinelli, Angela
Author: Nardone, Paola
Author: Abdrakhmanova, Shynar
Author: Usupova, Zhamilya
Author: Pudule, Iveta
Author: Petrauskiene, Ausra
Author: Farrugia Sant'Angelo, Victoria
Author: Kujundžić, Enisa
Author: Fijałkowska, Anna
Author: Rito, Ana Isabel
Author: Cucu, Alexandra
Author: Brinduse, Lacramioara Aurelia
Author: Peterkova, Valentina
Author: Gualtieri, Andrea
Author: García‐Solano, Marta
Author: Gutiérrez‐González, Enrique
Author: Boymatova, Khadichamo
Author: Yardim, Mahmut S.
Author: Tanrygulyyeva, Maya
Author: Melkumova, Marina
Author: Weghuber, Daniel
Author: Nurk, Eha
Author: Mäki, Päivi
Author: Bergh, Ingunn Holden
Author: Ostojic, Sergej M.
Author: Russell Jonsson, Kenisha
Author: Spiroski, Igor
Author: Rutter, Harry
Author: Ahrens, Wolfgang
Author: Rakovac, Ivo
Author: Whiting, Stephen
Author: Breda, João
Abstract: Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep are important predictors of children's health. This paper aimed to investigate socioeconomic disparities in physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep across the WHO European region. This cross-sectional study used data on 124,700 children aged 6 to 9 years from 24 countries participating in the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative between 2015 and 2017. Socioeconomic status (SES) was measured through parental education, parental employment status, and family perceived wealth. Overall, results showed different patterns in socioeconomic disparities in children's movement behaviors across countries. In general, high SES children were more likely to use motorized transportation. Low SES children were less likely to participate in sports clubs and more likely to have more than 2 h/day of screen time. Children with low parental education had a 2.24 [95% CI 1.94–2.58] times higher risk of practising sports for less than 2 h/week. In the pooled analysis, SES was not significantly related to active play. The relationship between SES and sleep varied by the SES indicator used. Importantly, results showed that low SES is not always associated with a higher prevalence of “less healthy” behaviors. There is a great diversity in SES patterns across countries which supports the need for country-specific, targeted public health interventions.
Publisher: Wiley
Relation: Obesity Reviews
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/14222
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/14222Identifier: 10.1111/obr.13209
Identifier: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/obr.13209Identifier: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/obr.13209Identifier: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/obr.13209
