18 results on '"Arhab, Amar"'
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2. Child eating behavior predicts body mass index after 1 year: results from the Swiss Preschooler’s Health Study (SPLASHY).
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Mihov, Yoan, Meyer, Andrea H., Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Stülb, Kerstin, Arhab, Amar, Zysset, Annina E., Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Kriemler, Susi, Jenni, Oskar G., Puder, Jardena J., Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, and Munsch, Simone
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PRESCHOOL children ,FOOD habits ,CHILD behavior ,BODY mass index ,DAY care centers ,CHILDHOOD obesity ,HEALTH behavior ,COMPULSIVE eating - Abstract
Child obesity is a growing global issue. Preventing early development of overweight and obesity requires identifying reliable risk factors for high body mass index (BMI) in children. Child eating behavior might be an important and malleable risk factor that can be reliably assessed with the parent-report Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ). Using a hierarchical dataset (children nested within child care centers) from a representative cohort of Swiss preschool children, we tested whether eating behavior, assessed with a 7-factor solution of the CEBQ, and BMI at baseline predicted the outcome BMI after 1 year, controlling for socioeconomic status (n = 555; 47% female; mean age = 3.9 years, range: 2.2–6.6; mean BMI = 16 kg/m², range: 11.2–23; mean age- and sex-corrected z-transformed BMI, zBMI = 0.4, range −4 to +4.7). The statistical model explained 65.2% of zBMI at follow-up. Baseline zBMI was a strong positive predictor, uniquely explaining 48.8% of outcome variance. A linear combination of all CEBQ scales, taken together, explained 10.7% of outcome variance. Due to their intercorrelations, uniquely explained variance by any individual scale was of negligible clinical relevance. Only food responsiveness was a significant predictor, when accounting for all other predictors and covariates in the model, and uniquely explained only 0.4% of outcome variance. Altogether, our results confirm, extend, and refine previous research on eating behavior and zBMI in preschool children, by adjusting for covariates, accounting for intercorrelations between predictors, partitioning explained outcome variance, and providing standardized beta estimates. Our findings show the importance of carefully examining the contribution of predictors in multiple regression models for clinically relevant outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. Walking onset: a poor predictor for motor and cognitive skills in healthy preschool children
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Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Meyer, Andrea H., Arhab, Amar, Zysset, Annina E., Stülb, Kerstin, Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Kriemler, Susi, Puder, Jardena J., Munsch, Simone, and Jenni, Oskar G.
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- 2021
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4. Prevalence and Predictors of Behavioral Problems in Healthy Swiss Preschool Children Over a One Year Period
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Stülb, Kerstin, Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Arhab, Amar, Zysset, Annina E., Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Meyer, Andrea H., Kriemler, Susi, Jenni, Oskar G., Puder, Jardena J., and Munsch, Simone
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- 2019
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5. Age-Adapted Stress Task in Preschoolers Does not Lead to Uniform Stress Responses
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Stülb, Kerstin, Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Arhab, Amar, Zysset, Annina E., Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Meyer, Andrea H., Garcia-Burgos, David, Ehlert, Ulrike, Kriemler, Susi, Jenni, Oskar G., Puder, Jardena J., and Munsch, Simone
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- 2019
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6. Association of physical activity with adiposity in preschoolers using different clinical adiposity measures: a cross-sectional study
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Arhab, Amar, Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Stülb, Kerstin, Zysset, Annina, Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Meyer, Andrea H., Munsch, Simone, Kriemler, Susi, Jenni, Oskar G., and Puder, Jardena J.
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- 2019
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7. The validity of parental reports on motor skills performance level in preschool children: a comparison with a standardized motor test
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Zysset, Annina E., Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Meyer, Andrea H., Stülb, Kerstin, Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Arhab, Amar, Ferrazzini, Valentina, Kriemler, Susi, Munsch, Simone, Puder, Jardena J., and Jenni, Oskar G.
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- 2018
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8. Physical activity and sedentary behavior in preschoolers: a longitudinal assessment of trajectories and determinants
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Schmutz, Einat A., Haile, Sarah R., Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Zysset, Annina E., Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Stülb, Kerstin, Arhab, Amar, Meyer, Andrea H., Munsch, Simone, Puder, Jardena J., Jenni, Oskar G., and Kriemler, Susi
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9. Stability and prediction of motor performance and cognitive functioning in preschoolers: A latent variable approach.
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Zysset, Annina E., Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Messerli‐Bürgy, Nadine, Meyer, Andrea H., Stülb, Kerstin, Leeger‐Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Arhab, Amar, Puder, Jardena J., Kriemler, Susi, Munsch, Simone, and Jenni, Oskar G.
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COGNITION in children ,MOTOR ability ,STRUCTURAL equation modeling ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
At preschool age, motor skills and cognitive functions are regularly examined at well‐child visits. Although reliable screening depends on the stability of the assessed developmental domains, little is known about the stability of motor and cognitive performance in preschool children. The aim of the present study was to investigate how stable motor skills and cognitive functioning are in the preschool years and whether they can predict their own and respective outcome 1 year later. 509 children were examined (46.4% female; M = 3.9 years; SD = 0.6; range 3.0–6.0 years) from the Swiss Preschoolers' Health Study (SPLASHY) at baseline and 1 year later. A Latent Variable Cross‐lagged Panel Model revealed that both motor skills and cognitive functioning are highly stable in the preschool age (.65/.67). Cross‐lagged coefficients were smaller (.37/.22). However, as the cross‐lagged paths did not differ significantly from each other, no reliable conclusions for the prediction of motor skills and cognitive functions may be drawn. We conclude that cognitive functioning and motor skills are highly stable already in the preschool years. Although small cross‐lagged predictive values were found, motor skills and cognitive functions may not to be reliable predictors of their respective outcomes. Future studies should test cross‐lagged predictive effects in clinical samples, where the effects might be larger. This study investigated the stability and predictive value of motor skills and cognitive functioning in 3–6‐year‐old typically developing children.Motor skills and cognitive functioning were highly stable already in preschool age, however, predictive values for their respective outcomes are lower and may not to be reliable predictors of their respective outcomes.As motor and cognitive development are highly stable at preschool age, they could be applied for the identification of children at risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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10. Physiological stress measures in preschool children and their relationship with body composition and behavioral problems.
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Messerli‐Bürgy, Nadine, Arhab, Amar, Stülb, Kerstin, Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Zysset, Annina E., Leeger‐Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Ehlert, Ulrike, Kriemler, Susi, Jenni, Oskar G., Munsch, Simone, and Puder, Jardena J.
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Background: The relationship between physiological stress measures and body composition or behavioral problems in older children remains controversial, and data in young children are lacking. The aim of the study was to investigate this relationship in predominantly healthy preschool children. Method: Physiological stress measures were assessed using diurnal salivary alpha‐amylase (sAA) and salivary cortisol, nail cortisol and parasympathetic activation (PNS) by overnight heart rate variability, and body composition (body mass index, skinfold thickness) and behavior problems (using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) in 324 children aged 2–6 years of the SPLASHY study. Results: Parasympathetic nervous system was inversely related to body fat, to emotional, and to peer problems. Diurnal sAA was related to hyperactivity problems and moderated the relationship of cortisol and hyperactivity problems. Cortisol was not related to any other health problems. Discussion: The relationship of PNS with body composition and behavioral problems might highlight the protective role of the parasympathetic system early in life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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11. Predictors of Executive Functions in Preschoolers: Findings From the SPLASHY Study.
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Zysset, Annina E., Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Meyer, Andrea H., Stülb, Kerstin, Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Arhab, Amar, Puder, Jardena J., Kriemler, Susi, Munsch, Simone, and Jenni, Oskar G.
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EXECUTIVE function ,PRESCHOOL children ,DAY care centers ,FINE motor ability ,MULTIPLE regression analysis ,VISUAL perception - Abstract
Executive functions (EFs) have been reported to play a crucial role in children's development, affecting their academic achievement, health, and quality of life. This study examined individual and interpersonal predictors for EFs in 555 typically developing preschool children aged 2–6 years. Children were recruited from 84 child care centers in the German- and French-speaking parts of Switzerland within the Swiss Preschoolers' Health Study (SPLASHY). A total of 20 potential predictors were assessed at the first measurement (T1). These included eight demographic/biological predictors, such as socioeconomic status, preterm birth, physical activity, and motor skills; six psychological predictors, such as hyperactivity, visual perception, and emotionality; and six interpersonal predictors, such as parenting style and stress, presence of siblings, and days spent in the child care center. The predictive value of these variables on EFs 1 year later (T2) was assessed using both standard multiple regression analysis and penalized regression to avoid overfitting due to the number of potential predictors. Female sex (β = 0.14), socio-economic status (β = 0.15), fine motor skills (β = 0.17), visual perception at T1 (β = 0.16), and EFs at T1 (β = 0.30) were all associated with EFs at T2, exhibiting small to medium effect sizes. All predictors together accounted for 31% of the variability in EFs. However, none of the interpersonal predictors were significant. Thus, we conclude that most of the factors that can predict EFs in preschool age are individual variables, and these tend to be more difficult to influence than interpersonal factors. In fact, children from families with low socio-economic status may be particularly vulnerable to poor EFs. Furthermore, encouraging fine motor skills early in life may support the development of EFs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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12. Impact of age, sex, socioeconomic status, and physical activity on associated movements and motor speed in preschool children.
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Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Zysset, Annina E., Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Chaouch, Aziz, Stülb, Kerstin, Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Arhab, Amar, Rousson, Valentin, Kriemler, Susi, Munsch, Simone, Puder, Jardena J., and Jenni, Oskar G.
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PSYCHOLOGY of preschool children ,PHYSICAL activity ,MOTOR ability ,PSYCHOLOGICAL aspects of aging ,SOCIAL status - Abstract
Introduction: Young children generally show contralateral associated movements (CAMs) when they are making an effort to perform a unimanual task. CAM and motor speed are two relevant aspects of motor proficiency in young children. These CAMs decrease over age, while motor speed increases. As both CAM and motor speed are associated with age, we were interested in whether these two parameters are also linked with each other.Method: In this study, three manual dexterity tasks with the dominant and nondominant hands (pegboard, repetitive hand, and repetitive finger tasks) were used to investigate the effect of covariates (age, sex, socioeconomic status, total physical activity) on both motor speed and CAMs in preschool children.Results: There was a significant age effect for both motor speed and CAMs in all tasks when the dominant hand was used. When the nondominant hand was used, the decrease in the intensity of CAMs over age was not consistently significant. The influence of physical activity and socioeconomic status on motor proficiency was small. Furthermore, the correlation between motor speed and CAMs, although significant, was low.Conclusions: Motor speed improved with age over three fine motor tasks in preschool children. Decrease in CAMs was observed but it was not always significant when the nondominant hand was working. Motor speed and CAMs were only weakly associated. We conclude that the excitatory pathways responsible for motor speed and inhibitory pathways responsible for reducing CAMs occupy two different domains in the brain and therefore mostly behave independently of each other. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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13. Association between Body Composition and Motor Performance in Preschool Children.
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Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Lanzi, Stefano, Zysset, annina E., arhab, amar, Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Stuelb, Kerstin, Leeger-aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat a., Meyer, andrea H., Kriemler, Susi, Munsch, Simone, Jenni, Oskar G., and Puder, Jardena J.
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NEUROMUSCULAR diseases ,BODY composition ,MOTOR ability ,ACCELEROMETERS ,PRESCHOOL children - Abstract
Objective: Being overweight makes physical movement more difficult . Our aim was to investigate the association between body composition and motor performance in preschool children. Methods: A total of 476 predominantly normal-weight preschool children (age 3.9 ± 0.7 years; m/f: 251/225; BMI 16.0 ± 1.4 kg/m
2 ) participated in the Swiss Preschoolers' Health Study (SPLASHY). Body composition assessments included skinfold thickness, waist circumference (WC), and BMI. The Zurich Neuromotor Assessment (ZNA) was used to assess gross and fine motor tasks. Results: After adjustment for age, sex, socioeconomic status, sociocultural characteristics, and physical activity (assessed with accelerometers), skinfold thickness and WC were both inversely correlated with jumping sideward (gross motor task β-coefficient -1.92, p = 0.027; and -3.34, p = 0.014, respectively), while BMI was positively correlated with running performance (gross motor task β-coefficient 9.12, p = 0.001). No significant associations were found between body composition measures and fine motor tasks. Conclusion: The inverse associations between skinfold thickness or WC and jumping sideward indicates that children with high fat mass may be less proficient in certain gross motor tasks. The positive association between BMI and running suggests that BMI might be an indicator of fatfree (i.e., muscle) mass in predominately normal-weight preschool children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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14. Contralateral Associated Movements Correlate with Poorer Inhibitory Control, Attention and Visual Perception in Preschool Children.
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Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Meyer, Andrea H., Zysset, Annina E., Stülb, Kerstin, Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Arhab, Amar, Puder, Jardena J., Kriemler, Susi, Munsch, Simone, and Jenni, Oskar G.
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ATTENTION ,NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests ,VISUAL perception ,CONTROL (Psychology) in children ,BODY movement ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Contralateral associated movements (CAMs) frequently occur in complex motor tasks. We investigated whether and to what extent CAMs are associated with inhibitory control among preschool children in the Swiss Preschoolers' Health Study. Participants were 476 healthy, typically developing children (mean age = 3.88 years; 251 boys) evaluated on two consecutive afternoons. The children performed the Zurich Neuromotor Assessment, the statue subtest of the Neuropsychological Assessment for Children (NEPSY), and cognitive tests of the Intelligence and Development Scales-Preschool (IDS-P). CAMs were associated with poor inhibitory control on the statue test and poor selective attention and visual perception on the IDS-P. We attributed these findings to preschoolers' general immaturity of the central nervous system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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15. Correlates of preschool children's objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior: a cross-sectional analysis of the SPLASHY study.
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Schmutz, Einat A., Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Radtke, Thomas, Muff, Stefanie, Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Zysset, Annina E., Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Stülb, Kerstin, Arhab, Amar, Meyer, Andrea H., Munsch, Simone, Puder, Jardena J., Jenni, Oskar G., and Kriemler, Susi
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ECOLOGY ,PHYSICAL activity ,CHILD care ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests ,PROBABILITY theory ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH funding ,MULTIPLE regression analysis ,ACCELEROMETRY ,CROSS-sectional method ,SEDENTARY lifestyles ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,ODDS ratio ,CHILDREN ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Background: Identifying ways to promote physical activity and decrease sedentary time during childhood is a key public health issue. Research on the putative influences on preschool children's physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) is limited and has yielded inconsistent results. Our aim was to identify correlates of PA and SB in preschool children. Methods: Cross-sectional data were drawn from the Swiss Preschoolers' Health Study (SPLASHY), a Swiss population-based cohort study. Of 476 two to six year old children, 394 (54% boys) had valid PA data assessed by accelerometry. Information on exposure data was directly measured or extracted from parental questionnaires. Multilevel linear regression modeling was used to separately assess associations between 35 potential correlates and total PA (TPA), moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) and SB. Results: In total, 12 correlates from different domains were identified. TPA and MVPA were greater in boys than girls, increased with age and were positively associated with gross motor skills. Children from single parent families had a higher level of TPA and spent less time sedentary than those living with two parents. Time spent outdoors was positively associated with TPA and negatively with SB. The child's activity temperament was related all three outcomes, whereas parental sports club membership, living area per person and neighborhood safety were associated with SB only. Fixed and random factors in the final models accounted for 28%, 32% and 22% of the total variance in TPA, MVPA and SB, respectively. Variance decomposition revealed that age, sex and activity temperament were the most influential correlates of both, TPA and MVPA, whereas the child's activity temperament, time outdoors and neighborhood safety were identified as the most important correlates of SB. Conclusions: A multidimensional set of correlates of young children's activity behavior has been identified. Personal factors had the greatest influence on PA, whereas environmental-level factors had the greatest influence on SB. Moreover, we identified a number of previously unreported, potentially modifiable correlates of young children's PA and SB. These factors could serve to define target groups or become valuable targets for change in future interventions. Trial registration: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN41045021 (date of registration: 21.03.14). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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16. Accelerometer-derived physical activity estimation in preschoolers - comparison of cut-point sets incorporating the vector magnitude vs the vertical axis.
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Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Zysset, Annina E., Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Stülb, Kerstin, Arhab, Amar, Meyer, Andrea H., Munsch, Simone, Jenni, Oskar G., Puder, Jardena J., and Kriemler, Susi
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PHYSICAL activity ,PRESCHOOL children ,HEALTH behavior ,CHILD psychology ,ACCELEROMETERS - Abstract
Background: ActiGraph accelerometers are a widely used tool to objectively measure physical activity (PA) behavior in young children and several validated cut-point sets exist to estimate time spent in different PA intensities (sedentary time, light PA, moderate-to-vigorous PA). Applying different cut-point sets leads to large and meaningful differences in results. So far, only cut-point sets validated for the vertical axis have been compared and only the influence on time spent in moderate-to-vigorous PA has been analyzed.Methods: A range of validated cut-point sets with their respective epoch length was applied to analyze cross-sectional data of the Swiss Preschoolers' Health Study (SPLASHY): 1) Vertical axis in combination with an epoch length of 15 s (VA-15), 2) Vertical axis in combination with an epoch length of 60 s (VA-60) and 3) Vector magnitude in combination with an epoch length of 60 s (VM-60). PA was measured for eight consecutive days using ActiGraph accelerometers (wGT3X-BT). Three days were required to be included in the analysis (minimum two weekdays and one weekend-day with at least ten hours recording per day).Results: Four hundred forty-five preschoolers (mean age 3.9 ± 0.5 years; 46% girls) had valid accelerometer measurements. A longer epoch (VA-60 vs VA-15) resulted in 2% less sedentary time (ST), 18% more light PA (LPA) and 51% less moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA); using the vector magnitude compared to the vertical axis (VM-60 vs VA-60) resulted in 34% less ST, 27% more LPA and 63% more MVPA (all p ≤ 0.001). Comparing all three sets of cut-points, ST ranged from 4.0 to 6.2 h, LPA from 5.1 to 7.6 h and MVPA from 0.8 to 1.6 h.Conclusions: Estimated time spent in different PA intensities was strongly influenced by the choice of cut-point sets. Both, axis selection and epoch length need to be considered when comparing different studies especially when they relate PA behavior to health. The differences in the prevalence of children fulfilling PA guidelines highlight the relevance of these findings.Trial Registration: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN41045021 (date of registration: 21.03.2014). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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17. Cardiac vagal tone in preschool children: Interrelations and the role of stress exposure.
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Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Meyer, Andrea H., Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Stülb, Kerstin, Arhab, Amar, Zysset, Annina E., Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Thayer, Julian F., Groene, Mareike, Kriemler, Susi, Jenni, Oskar G., Puder, Jardena J., and Munsch, Simone
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VAGAL tone , *PRESCHOOL children , *HEART beat , *LOW birth weight , *OLDER people - Abstract
Cardiac vagal tone has been understood as the biological correlate of emotion regulation and can be divided into emotion regulation (tonic cardiac vagal tone (TCVT)) and the flexibility to adapt to changing conditions (phasic cardiac vagal tone (PCVT)). There is evidence that TCVT influences PCVT dynamics in adults and that stress exposure impacts on cardiac vagal tone in adults and older children. The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of TCVT on PCVT dynamics in preschoolers and to identify the influence of stress exposures on cardiac vagal tone. Measures of heart rate variability including baseline (TCVT), during an age-adapted stress task (PCVT stress reactivity) and during recovery (PCVT recovery) were assessed in 222 children aged 2–6 years of the SPLASHY study. Further, parents were asked to complete questionnaires on early stress exposure (including pregnancy, birth and early life) and current stress exposure (including family stress and parenting). Preschool children with high TCVT showed less PCVT reactivity (p < 0.001) and more increase of vagal tone (PCVT) during early recovery (p = 0.016). Further only child's low birth weight was a relevant stress exposure impacting on early and late PCVT recovery (p = 0.03/ p = 0.005). None of the other early or late stress exposure conditions, nor the accumulation of stress exposures influenced TCVT or PCVT dynamics in these healthy preschoolers. TCVT impacts on PCVT dynamics in a lab-based stress task in healthy preschool children and only low birth weight is related to more change during early and to less late PCVT recovery. • Tonic cardiac vagal tone impacts on phasic cardiac vagal tone in preschoolers. • Low birth weight predicts vagal tone changes to an acute stress in preschoolers. • Accumulated stress exposure did not predict vagal tone in young children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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18. Emotional eating is related with temperament but not with stress biomarkers in preschool children.
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Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine, Stülb, Kerstin, Kakebeeke, Tanja H., Arhab, Amar, Zysset, Annina E., Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S., Schmutz, Einat A., Meyer, Andrea H., Ehlert, Ulrike, Garcia-Burgos, David, Kriemler, Susi, Jenni, Oskar G., Puder, Jardena J., and Munsch, Simone
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CHILD nutrition , *PRESCHOOL children , *PSYCHOLOGICAL stress , *FOOD consumption , *FOOD & psychology , *BIOMARKERS , *INGESTION , *HYPERPHAGIA , *AMYLASES , *CHILD behavior , *COMPARATIVE studies , *EMOTIONS , *FOOD habits , *HYDROCORTISONE , *LONGITUDINAL method , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *PARENTING , *RESEARCH , *SALIVA , *TEMPERAMENT , *EVALUATION research , *PSYCHOLOGICAL factors , *PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Emotional eating (EE) corresponds to a change in eating behavior in response to distress and results in an increase of food intake (overeating (EOE)) or in food avoidance (undereating (EUE)). EE has been related to temperament (i.e. negative emotionality) and dysregulated stress biomarkers in school-aged children; parenting has been understood to influence this relationship in older children. The aim of the study was to investigate to which extent stress biomarkers and negative emotionality are related to EE and to understand the role of parenting in this relationship. The sample consisted of 271 children aged 2-6 years of the Swiss cohort study SPLASHY. We assessed the child's EE, negative emotionality and parenting by parent based reports. Salivary samples were collected over two days to analyze cortisol and salivary alpha-amylase levels. From the whole sample of children, 1.1% showed EOE and 32.9% EUE. Negative emotionality was related to EOE and EUE (0.13 (CI 0.06, 021), p < 0.001; 0.25 (CI 0.14, 0.35), p < 0.001). There was no relationship between stress biomarkers and EE and parenting had any moderating role (all p > 0.05). Similar to a Danish study, parents reported more often EUE than EOE of their child. Both are related to the temperament. Even though the course of EE has not yet been well documented, we conclude that a certain subgroup of children with difficult temperament could be at-risk for eat and weight regulation problems in later childhood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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