Obesity in children is partly due to unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, e.g., sedentary activity and poor dietary choices. This trend has been seen globally. To determine the extent of these behaviours in a Portuguese population of children, 686 children 9.5 to 10.5 years of age were studied. Our aims were to: (1) describe profiles of children's lifestyle behaviours; (2) identify behaviour pattern...

As noted by the World Health Organization (WHO), childhood obesity has dramatically increased over the last two decades and has become one of the most significant public health issues all over the world. The importance of child obesity research is paramount as evidence suggests that overweight and obese children are likely to continue this weight pattern into adulthood, predisposing them to a h...

Evidence of associations between neighbourhood built characteristics and sedentary behaviours is mixed. The study aim was to investigate the objectively-derived self-reported among Canadian men women. This sourced survey data from Alberta's Tomorrow Project (2008; n = 14,785), in which sitting motor vehicle travel times during last 7 days measured. Geographic Information System used calculate w...

The aim of this study was to determine whether ownership and use of electronic media were associated with sedentary time and cardiorespiratory fitness (fitness) in youth. We also aimed to determine if associations were independent of physical activity (PA). Fitness was measured using the 20 m shuttle-run. PA, sedentary time, ownership of media devices and media use were self-reported. Participa...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether, and to what extent, a relation exists between neighbourhood design and children's physical activity and sedentary behaviours in Saskatoon. METHODS Three neighbourhood designs were assessed: 1) core neighbourhoods developed before 1930 that follow a grid pattern, 2) fractured-grid pattern neighbourhoods that were developed between the 1930s and mid-1960s, and 3...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to identify distinct body mass index (BMI) trajectories associated with weight classification, and to examine demographic characteristics and clusters of obesogenic behaviours in adolescents with these trajectories. METHODS Data were extracted from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Developmen...

BACKGROUND Physical activity is identified as one important protective factor for chronic diseases. Physical activity surveillance is important in assessing healthy population behaviour over time. Many countries lack population trends on physical activity. OBJECTIVE To present trends in physical activity levels in Västerbotten County, Sweden and to evaluate physical activity among women and m...