Seasonal Shifts in Children's Sedentary Behaviors, Physical Activity, and Sleep: A Systematic Review and meta-Analysis.

Children's movement behaviors (ie, sedentary behaviors, physical activity, and sleep) are related to obesity risk and may vary throughout the year. The purpose of this systematic review is to summarize existing literature on the seasonal variation in physical activity and sleep in children. This study found that children's behaviors fluctuate seasonally and thus, interventions must target behaviors during the times when children's behaviors are the least healthy, specifically during the summer (when children are not in school) and winter. Finally, the paucity of data on seasonal variation in sleep indicates a need for further research in this area.

• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  The Pediatric clinics of North America

• Publication date

  2022-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.pcl.2022.04.005PMID 35934493
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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