Changes in Healthy Behaviors and Meeting 24-h Movement Guidelines in Spanish and Brazilian Preschoolers, Children and Adolescents during the COVID-19 Lockdown

López-Gil, José Francisco; Tremblay, Mark S.; Brazo-Sayavera, Javier

doi:10.3390/children8020083

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“…The actual human health toll will likely be far costlier, particularly considering these estimates do not include the unprecedented changes to human movement patterns that have occurred during the self-isolation and government-mandated physical-distancing measures enacted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. There is now an abundance of literature investigating how self-isolation affects movement behaviors, including physical activity and sedentary time (3)(4)(5)(6), sleep (7,8), nutrition (6,9), and mental health (10,11), among others. Especially concerning are the dramatic changes to physical activity and fitness reported in the pediatric population (12,13).…”

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A COVID-19 Crisis in Child Physical Fitness: Creating a Barometric Tool of Public Health Engagement for the Republic of Slovenia

Jurak

Morrison

Kovač

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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The Republic of Slovenia implements the largest longitudinal database of child physical fitness in the world–SLOfit. Slovenia has some of the most physically active children globally, and it has responded rapidly to incorporate national physical activity (PA) interventions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite aggressive campaigns to maintain PA at home, the country has seen a tremendous decrease in child physical fitness over the past several months as self-isolation measures have been mandated by national authorities. These trends prompted researchers to create a method of tracking and communicating government decisions which have a direct impact on child physical activity, fitness and overall health (i.e., the SLOfit Barometer). The research team assembled experts for consultation on creation of the SLOfit Barometer after processing preliminary data on 20,000 schoolchildren which found the greatest decline in child physical fitness since systematic testing began more than 30 years ago. Only 2 months of self-isolation erased over 10 years of hard-fought health gains acquired from national public health policies and PA interventions. This crisis in child fitness requires integrated community participation and a robust public health policy response, and with the SLOfit Barometer acting as a national bellwether system, it is envisioned that policy makers and the public will advocate for bold, progressive actions to combat this national health emergency. This surveillance tool tracks government action to combat the increasing child physical inactivity and obesity trends brought on as a direct result of COVID-19 isolation regulations.

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A COVID-19 Crisis in Child Physical Fitness: Creating a Barometric Tool of Public Health Engagement for the Republic of Slovenia

Jurak

Morrison

Kovač

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic has also impacted children’s daily routines and functioning [ 24 – 27 ]. Indeed, changes in children’s sleep routines, levels of screen time, physical activity, and engagement in recreational activities during COVID-19 have been observed [ 28 , 29 ]. Importantly, research has shown that when children experience changes and disruptions in these individual factors, it can precipitate mental health difficulties [ 2 ].…”

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Child and family factors associated with child mental health and well-being during COVID-19

McArthur

Racine

McDonald

et al. 2021

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Understanding the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the current generation of youth is critical for post-pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to identify the most salient child (i.e., connectedness to caregivers, screen time, sleep, physical activity, peer relationships, and recreational activities) and family (i.e., COVID-19 financial impact, maternal depression and anxiety) factors associated with children’s mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, after controlling for pre-pandemic mental health. This study included 846 mother–child dyads (child age 9–11) from the All Our Families cohort. Mothers reported on the child’s pre-pandemic mental health at age 8 (2017–2019) and during COVID-19 (May–July 2020), the family’s financial impact due to COVID-19, and maternal depression and anxiety. During COVID-19 (July–August 2020), children reported on their screen time, sleep, physical activity, peer and family relationships, and recreational activities, as well as their happiness, anxiety and depression. After controlling for pre-pandemic anxiety, connectedness to caregivers ( B − 0.16; 95% CI − 0.22 to − 0.09), child sleep ( B − 0.11; 95% CI − 0.19 to − 0.04), and child screen time ( B 0.11; 95% CI 0.04–0.17) predicted child COVID-19 anxiety symptoms. After controlling for pre-pandemic depression, connectedness to caregivers ( B − 0.26; 95% CI − 0.32 to − 0.21) and screen time ( B 0.09; 95% CI 0.02–0.16) predicted child COVID-19 depressive symptoms. After controlling for covariates, connectedness to caregivers ( B 0.36; 95% CI 0.28–0.39) predicted child COVID-19 happiness. Fostering parent–child connections and promoting healthy device and sleep habits are critical modifiable factors that warrant attention in post-pandemic mental health recovery planning.

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“…Recent studies have associated more time in children's sedentary behavior with lower health-related quality of life [1] and poorer mental health outcomes [2]. Furthermore, the recent COVID-19 outbreak forced children around the globe to change their lifestyle, due to social distancing measures, and caused an increase in physical inactivity [3,4]. It is known that regular physical activity may increase life expectancy and play an important role towards the prevention of chronic conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and metabolic syndrome [5], and it has unarguable benefits for the health of children [6].…”

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Comparison between Self-Reported and Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity in Young versus Older Children

Triantafyllidis

Alexiadis

Soutos

et al. 2021

Digital

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Physical inactivity in children is a major public health challenge, for which valid physical activity assessment tools are needed. Wearable devices provide a means for objective assessment of children’s physical activity, but they are often not adopted because of issues such as cost, comfort, and privacy. In this context, self-reporting tools could be employed, but their validity in relation to a child’s age is understudied. We present the agreement of one of the most popular self-reporting tools, the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children (PAQ-C) with accelerometer-measured physical activity in 9-year-old versus 12-year-old children, wearing an accelerometer-based wearable device for seven consecutive days. We study the relationship between the PAQ-C and accelerometer scores using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients and Bland–Altman plots in a sample of 131 children included for analysis. Overall, there was correlation between PAQ-C score and physical activity measures for the 12-year-old children (rho = 0.47 for total physical activity, rho = 0.43 for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, rho = 0.41 for steps, p < 0.01), but not for the 9-year-old children (rho = 0.08 for total physical activity, rho = 0.21 for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, rho = 0.19 for steps, p > 0.05). All PAQ-C items other than item 3 (activity at recess) did not reach significance in correlation with accelerometry for the 9-year-old children (p > 0.05). Therefore, the use of wearable devices for more objective assessment of physical activity in younger children should be preferred.

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Changes in Healthy Behaviors and Meeting 24-h Movement Guidelines in Spanish and Brazilian Preschoolers, Children and Adolescents during the COVID-19 Lockdown

Cited by 60 publications

References 30 publications

A COVID-19 Crisis in Child Physical Fitness: Creating a Barometric Tool of Public Health Engagement for the Republic of Slovenia

A COVID-19 Crisis in Child Physical Fitness: Creating a Barometric Tool of Public Health Engagement for the Republic of Slovenia

Child and family factors associated with child mental health and well-being during COVID-19

Comparison between Self-Reported and Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity in Young versus Older Children

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