TY - JOUR
T1 - Fundamental motor skills, screen-time, and physical activity in preschoolers
AU - Webster, E. Kipling
AU - Martin, Corby K.
AU - Staiano, Amanda E.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful for the contributions of Jessica St. Romain, Amanda Weathers-Meyer, the Pause and Play research team, and especially the directors, parents, and children who participated in this project. The Pause and Play project was supported by the Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research (Gulf States-HPC) from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health (No. U54MD008602 ) and the LSU Biomedical Collaborative Research Program. The project received additional funding support from the American Council on Exercise. AES was supported in part by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, which funds the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center (No. U54 GM104940 ). CKM is supported in part by the NORC Center Grant entitled “Nutrition and Metabolic Health Through the Lifespan” sponsored by NIDDK (No. P30DK072476 ). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Funding Information:
We are grateful for the contributions of Jessica St. Romain, Amanda Weathers-Meyer, the Pause and Play research team, and especially the directors, parents, and children who participated in this project. The Pause and Play project was supported by the Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research (Gulf States-HPC) from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health (No. U54MD008602) and the LSU Biomedical Collaborative Research Program. The project received additional funding support from the American Council on Exercise. AES was supported in part by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, which funds the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center (No. U54 GM104940). CKM is supported in part by the NORC Center Grant entitled ?Nutrition and Metabolic Health Through the Lifespan? sponsored by NIDDK (No. P30DK072476). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. EKW and AES conceived of the study, designed and coordinated the study, performed statistical analysis and interpretation, and wrote the initial draft of the manuscript; CKM provided scientific guidance for the design and coordination of the study and interpretation of results. All authors provided critical feedback to the manuscript, have read and approved the final version of the manuscript, and agree with the order of presentation of the authors. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - Purpose: To examine the associations among preschoolers fundamental motor skills, screen-time, physical activity (PA), and sedentary behavior (SB). Methods: Children ages 3–4years were enrolled in a prospective observational trial of PA. Trained assessors conducted the Test of Gross Motor Development-3rdedition (TGMD-3), and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2nd edition, and parent-reported child screen-time and sociodemographic information. Children wore an accelerometer for 7days to examine SB and total PA (TPA). TPA was further characterized as moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) or vigorous PA (VPA). Mixed linear models were calculated, controlling for age (for TGMD-3), sex, household income, and accelerometer wear time (for accelerometry models), with childcare center as a random effect. The primary analysis reported on the cross-sectional baseline data of 126 children with complete fundamental motor skill and screen-time data; a subanalysis included 88 children with complete accelerometry data. Results: Children were 3.4 ± 0.5years of age (54% girls; 46% white, 42% African American, 12% other). A total of 48% lived in households at or below the federal poverty level. Children engaged in 5.1 ± 3.6h/day of screen-time. Children's screen-time was inversely related to the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2nd edition, manual dexterity skills percentile (β (SE) = −1.7 (0.8), p = 0.049). In the accelerometry subsample, children engaged in 5.9 ± 0.9h/day of TPA of which 1.7 ± 0.6h/day was MVPA. Boys engaged in more MVPA and VPA and less SB compared with girls (all p < 0.05). A higher TGMD-3, total score (β (SE) = 0.4 (0.2), p = 0.017) and locomotor score (β (SE) = 0.7 (0.3), p = 0.018) were associated with more VPA but not with TPA or MVPA. Screen-time and television in the bedroom were not related to SB, TPA, MVPA, or VPA. Conclusion: Children's motor skills were positively related to VPA but inversely related to screen-time. Further inquiry into the implications of high exposure to screen-time in young children is needed.
AB - Purpose: To examine the associations among preschoolers fundamental motor skills, screen-time, physical activity (PA), and sedentary behavior (SB). Methods: Children ages 3–4years were enrolled in a prospective observational trial of PA. Trained assessors conducted the Test of Gross Motor Development-3rdedition (TGMD-3), and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2nd edition, and parent-reported child screen-time and sociodemographic information. Children wore an accelerometer for 7days to examine SB and total PA (TPA). TPA was further characterized as moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) or vigorous PA (VPA). Mixed linear models were calculated, controlling for age (for TGMD-3), sex, household income, and accelerometer wear time (for accelerometry models), with childcare center as a random effect. The primary analysis reported on the cross-sectional baseline data of 126 children with complete fundamental motor skill and screen-time data; a subanalysis included 88 children with complete accelerometry data. Results: Children were 3.4 ± 0.5years of age (54% girls; 46% white, 42% African American, 12% other). A total of 48% lived in households at or below the federal poverty level. Children engaged in 5.1 ± 3.6h/day of screen-time. Children's screen-time was inversely related to the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2nd edition, manual dexterity skills percentile (β (SE) = −1.7 (0.8), p = 0.049). In the accelerometry subsample, children engaged in 5.9 ± 0.9h/day of TPA of which 1.7 ± 0.6h/day was MVPA. Boys engaged in more MVPA and VPA and less SB compared with girls (all p < 0.05). A higher TGMD-3, total score (β (SE) = 0.4 (0.2), p = 0.017) and locomotor score (β (SE) = 0.7 (0.3), p = 0.018) were associated with more VPA but not with TPA or MVPA. Screen-time and television in the bedroom were not related to SB, TPA, MVPA, or VPA. Conclusion: Children's motor skills were positively related to VPA but inversely related to screen-time. Further inquiry into the implications of high exposure to screen-time in young children is needed.
KW - Fundamental motor skills
KW - Physical activity
KW - Preschool
KW - Screen-time
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jshs.2018.11.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jshs.2018.11.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85060493992
VL - 8
SP - 114
EP - 121
JO - Journal of Sport and Health Science
JF - Journal of Sport and Health Science
SN - 2095-2546
IS - 2
ER -