Smith, L;
Aggio, D;
Hamer, M;
(2018)
Longitudinal patterns in objective physical activity and sedentary time in a multi-ethnic sample of children from the UK.
Pediatric Obesity
, 13
(2)
pp. 120-126.
10.1111/ijpo.12222.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Children of South Asian decent born in the UK display lower levels of physical activity than British Caucasians although no longitudinal data are available. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to investigate change in activity levels over 1 year in a diverse ethnic sample of children residing in London, UK. METHODS: Children were categorized into ethnic groups (Caucasian/mixed, Black, South Asian). At baseline and 1-year follow-up, children’s objective physical activity was monitored (Actigraph accelerometer) for at least 1 day. Mixed models were employed to investigate differences in change in activity levels between ethnic groups. RESULTS: A total of 281 children were included in the analyses. South Asians had a significantly greater increase in time spent sedentary at follow‐up than those of a Caucasian/mixed ethnicity (B [ratio sedentary/wear time] = 0.024; 95% confidence interval 0.003, 0.046). South Asian children recorded lower moderate to vigorous physical activity at baseline (B = −6.5, 95% confidence interval, −11.1, −1.9 min d−1, p = 0.006) although levels remained relatively stable over follow‐up and changes did not differ across ethnic group. CONCLUSIONS: In a diverse ethnic sample of children from inner city London, those of a South Asian ethnicity exhibited a significantly greater increase in sedentary time over a period of 12 months in comparison with Caucasian/mixed and Black children
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Longitudinal patterns in objective physical activity and sedentary time in a multi-ethnic sample of children from the UK |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1111/ijpo.12222 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12222 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | © 2017 The Authors. Pediatric Obesity published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of World Obesity Federation This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Pediatrics, diabetes, ethnicity, longitudinal, physical activity, sedentary, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, SOUTH ASIANS, RISK-FACTORS, CARDIOVASCULAR RISK, DIABETES-MELLITUS, ACCELEROMETRY, ENGLAND, OBESITY, ORIGIN, HEALTH |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1561973 |
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