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. 2018 Oct 3;15(10):2171.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph15102171.

Compliance with 24-h Movement Behaviour Guidelines among Belgian Pre-School Children: The ToyBox-Study

Marieke De Craemer  1 , Duncan McGregor  2 , Odysseas Androutsos  3 , Yannis Manios  4 , Greet Cardon  5
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Compliance with 24-h Movement Behaviour Guidelines among Belgian Pre-School Children: The ToyBox-Study

Marieke De Craemer et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The 24-h day-containing physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep-in pre-school children has not yet been extensively investigated. The aim of the current study was to investigate pre-schoolers' compliance with the 24-h movement behaviour guidelines (i.e., three hours/day total physical activity, a maximum of one hour/day of screen time and 10⁻13 h sleep/night). In total, 595 pre-schoolers (53.3% boys, mean age: 4.2 years) provided complete data for the three behaviours. Physical activity was objectively measured with accelerometers, while screen time and sleep were parent-reported through questionnaires. The proportion of pre-schoolers complying with the 24-h movement behaviour guidelines was calculated on weekdays and on weekend days. Low compliance rates were found: 10.1% on weekdays and only 4.3% on weekend days. The majority of pre-schoolers complied with the sleep duration guidelines (>90% on weekdays and weekend days), followed by the screen time guidelines (61% on weekdays and 28% on weekend days). The lowest compliance rates were found for physical activity (<20% on weekdays and weekend days). Overall, low percentages of pre-schoolers complying with the 24-h movement behaviour guidelines were found, and the lowest compliance was found for physical activity.

Keywords: 24-h guidelines; compliance; movement behaviours; physical activity; pre-school children; sedentary behaviour; sleep.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results.

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Figure 1
Venn diagrams showing the percentage of pre-school children (not) complying with the recommendations for physical activity, screen time, and sleep duration, and combinations of these recommendations, for (a) weekdays; (b) weekend days; and (c) overall. The sum of each circle is equivalent to the percentage of pre-school children meeting the individual recommendations (e.g., 17.3% for physical activity on weekdays).
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