Prospective association between objective measures of childhood motor coordination and sedentary behaviour in adolescence and adulthood

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Research

Lee Smith¹  Abigail Fisher¹  Mark Hamer² 

[1] Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London, WC1E 6BT, England, UK;National Centre Sport & Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, WC1E 6BT, England, UK;Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Physical Activity Research Group, University College London, WC1E 6BT, England, UK;

关键词: Motor coordination;    Physical activity;    Sedentary;    Birth cohort;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12966-015-0236-y

 received in 2015-03-26, accepted in 2015-06-05,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundHigher levels of gross motor coordination are positively associated with physical activity in childhood, but little is known about how they relate to sedentary behaviour. The aim of this study was to investigate the longitudinal association between gross motor coordination at childhood and sedentary behaviour in adolescence and adulthood.MethodsData were from the 1970 British Cohort Study (the age 10, 16, and 42-year surveys). At age 10 the participant’s mother provided information on how often participants watched TV and played sports and a health visitor administered several tests to assess gross motor coordination. At aged 16 and 42-years participants reported their daily screen and TV time, respectively, and physical activity status. We examined associations between gross motor coordination at age 10 with sedentary behaviour and physical activity at age 16 and 42, using logistic regression.ResultsIn multivariable models, higher levels of gross motor coordination were associated with lower odds of high screen time (n = 3073; OR 0.79, 95 % CI 0.64, 0.98) at 16-years although no associations with physical activity were observed (OR 1.16, 95 % CI 0.93, 1.44). Similar associations were observed with TV time in adulthood when participants were aged 42, and in addition high gross motor coordination was also associated with physical activity participation (n = 4879; OR 1.18, 95 % CI 1.02, 1.36).ConclusionsIntervention efforts to increase physical activity participation and reduce sedentary behaviour over the life course may be best targeted towards children with low gross motor coordination.

【 授权许可】

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© Smith et al. 2015