The Goldilocks Day for healthy adiposity measures among children and adolescents

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ID22081460
AuthorsCharlotte Lund Rasmussen (0000-0003-2193-5019, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Aleš Gába (0000-0002-7236-9072, Palacký University Olomouc, corresponding author), Ty Stanford (0000-0002-8570-5493, University of South Australia), Tyman Stanford, Jan Dygrýn (0000-0003-1026-1784, Palacký University Olomouc), Dorothea Dumuid (0000-0003-3057-0963, University of South Australia), David Janda (0000-0002-8431-4351, Palacký University Olomouc), Karel Hron (0000-0002-1847-6598, Palacký University Olomouc)
Year2023
Volume11
Pages1158634-1158634
Publication date2023-09-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2023.1158634
PMID37841713
OpenAlexW4387184766
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited42

Background The optimal balance of time spent on daily movement behaviors (“The Goldilocks Day”) associated with childhood obesity remains unknown. Objective To estimate the optimal durations of sleep, sedentary behavior (SB), light physical activity (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MPVA) associated with excess adiposity in a paediatric population. Methods Accelerometer-measured 24-h movement behaviors were obtained from 659 Czech children and adolescents (8-18-year-olds). Adiposity indicators were body mass index z -score, fat mass percentage, fat-free mass index, and visceral adipose tissue. Excess adiposity was defined as exceeding the 85th percentile for an adiposity indicator. Compositional regression analyses were used investigate the associations between movement behaviors and adiposity indicators and estimating “The Goldilocks Day.” Results The movement behavior composition was associated with visceral adipose tissue ( F df1 = 3,df2 = 317 = 3.672, p = 0.013) and fat mass percentage ( F df1 = 3,df2 = 289 = 2.733, p = 0.044) among children and adolescents. The Goldilocks Day consisted of 8.5 h of sleep, 10.8 h of SB, 3.9 h of LPA, and 0.8 h of MVPA among children and 7.5 h of sleep, 12.4 h of SB, 3.6 h of LPA, and 0.5 h of MVPA among adolescents. Conclusion Optimizing the time spent sleeping, and in sedentary and physical activities appears to be important in the prevention of excess adiposity

Adipose tissue · Biology · Body mass index · Environmental health · Goldilocks principle · Obesity · Percentile · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Population · Demography · Mathematics · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Physical Activity and Health · Sleep and related disorders · Endocrinology · Internal Medicine

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