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Socioeconomic disparities in physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep patterns among 6‐ to 9‐year‐old children from 24 countries in the WHO European region

Authors :
Giulia Rathmes
Julianne Williams
Sergej M. Ostojic
Eha Nurk
Mahmut S. Yardim
Igor Spiroski
Lela Shengelia
Shynar Abdrakhmanova
João Breda
Päivi Mäki
Vesselka Duleva
Maya Tanrygulyyeva
Khadichamo Boymatova
Angela Spinelli
Tatjana Hejgaard
Enrique Gutiérrez-González
Valentina Peterkova
Anna Fijałkowska
Paola Nardone
Marta Buoncristiano
Victoria Farrugia Sant'Angelo
Maja Bæksgaard Jørgensen
Ausra Petrauskiene
Ivo Rakovac
Jolanda Hyska
Wolfgang Ahrens
Sanja Musić Milanović
Ingunn Holden Bergh
Alexandra Cucu
Andrea Gualtieri
Enisa Kujundžić
Iveta Pudule
Harry Rutter
Lacramioara Aurelia Brinduse
Daniel Weghuber
Hana Zamrazilová
Cecily Kelleher
Kenisha Russell Jonsson
Helena Križan
Stephen Whiting
Ana Isabel Rito
Benoît Salanave
Marina Melkumova
Zhamilya Usupova
Marta García-Solano
Source :
Musić Milanović, S, Buoncristiano, M, Križan, H, Rathmes, G, Williams, J, Hyska, J, Duleva, V, Zamrazilová, H, Hejgaard, T, Jørgensen, M B, Salanave, B, Shengelia, L, Kelleher, C C, Spinelli, A, Nardone, P, Abdrakhmanova, S, Usupova, Z, Pudule, I, Petrauskiene, A, Farrugia Sant'Angelo, V, Kujundžić, E, Fijałkowska, A, Rito, A I, Cucu, A, Brinduse, L A, Peterkova, V, Gualtieri, A, García-Solano, M, Gutiérrez-González, E, Boymatova, K, Yardim, M S, Tanrygulyyeva, M, Melkumova, M, Weghuber, D, Nurk, E, Mäki, P, Bergh, I H, Ostojic, S M, Russell Jonsson, K, Spiroski, I, Rutter, H, Ahrens, W, Rakovac, I, Whiting, S & Breda, J 2021, ' Socioeconomic disparities in physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep patterns among 6-to 9-year-old children from 24 countries in the WHO European region ', Obesity Reviews, vol. 22, no. S6, e13209 . https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13209
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Wiley, 2021.

Abstract

Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep are important predictors of children's health. This paper aimed to investigate socioeconomic disparities in physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep across the WHO European region. This cross-sectional study used data on 124,700 children aged 6 to 9 years from 24 countries participating in the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative between 2015 and 2017. Socioeconomic status (SES) was measured through parental education, parental employment status, and family perceived wealth. Overall, results showed different patterns in socioeconomic disparities in children's movement behaviors across countries. In general, high SES children were more likely to use motorized transportation. Low SES children were less likely to participate in sports clubs and more likely to have more than 2 h/day of screen time. Children with low parental education had a 2.24 [95% CI 1.94-2.58] times higher risk of practising sports for less than 2 h/week. In the pooled analysis, SES was not significantly related to active play. The relationship between SES and sleep varied by the SES indicator used. Importantly, results showed that low SES is not always associated with a higher prevalence of "less healthy" behaviors. There is a great diversity in SES patterns across countries which supports the need for country-specific, targeted public health interventions. The authors gratefully acknowledge support from a grant from the Russian Government in the context of the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of NCDs. Data collection in the countries was made possible through funding from: Croatia: Ministry of Health, Croatian Institute of Public Health and WHO Regional Office for Europe. Albania: World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office Albania and the WHO Regional Office for Europe. Bulgaria: WHO Regional Office for Europe. Czech Republic: Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, grant nr. AZV MZČR 17-31670 A and MZČR–RVO EÚ 00023761. Denmark: The Danish Ministry of Health. France: Santé publique France, the French Agency for Public Health. Georgia: WHO. Ireland: Health Service Executive. Italy: Italian Ministry of Health; Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità). Kazakhstan: the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan within the scientific and technical program. Kyrgyzstan: World Health Organization. Latvia: Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Latvia. Lithuania: Science Foundation of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and Lithuanian Science Council and WHO. Malta: Ministry of Health. Montenegro: WHO and Institute of Public Health of Montenegro. Poland: National Health Programme, Ministry of Health. Portugal: Ministry of Health Institutions, the National Institute of Health, Directorate General of Health, Regional Health Directorates and the kind technical support from the Center for Studies and Research on Social Dynamics and Health (CEIDSS). Romania: Ministry of Health. Russian Federation: WHO. San Marino: Health Ministry. Spain: the Spanish Agency for Food Safety & Nutrition. Tajikistan: WHO Country Office in Tajikistan and Ministry of Health and Social Protection; Turkmenistan: WHO Country Office in Turkmenistan and Ministry of Health. Turkey: Turkish Ministry of Health and World Bank. Austria: Federal Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection of Austria. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Details

ISSN :
1467789X and 14677881
Volume :
22
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Obesity Reviews
Accession number :
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