The Effect of Season and Neighbourhood-Built Environment on Home Area Sedentary Behaviour in 9–14 Year Old Children
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2021-02-18
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Lotoski, Larisa
Fuller, Daniel
Stanley, Kevin G.
Rainham, Daniel
Muhajarine, Nazeem
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The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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There is little understanding of how the built environment shapes activity behaviours in children over different seasons. This study sought to establish how seasonal weather patterns, in a given year in a mid-western Canadian city, affect sedentary time (SED) in youth and how the relationship between season and SED are moderated by the built environment in their home neighbourhood. Families with children aged 9–14 years were recruited from the prairie city of Saskatoon, Canada. Location-specific, device-based SED was captured in children during three timeframes over a one-year period using GPS-paired accelerometers. Multilevel models are presented. Children accumulated significantly greater levels of SED in spring but significantly less SED in the fall months in comparison to the winter months. Children living in neighbourhoods with the highest density of destinations accumulated significantly less SED while in their home area in comparison to their counterparts, and this effect was more pronounced in the spring and summer months. On weekends, the rise in sedentariness within the home area was completely diminished in children living in neighbourhoods with the greatest number of destinations and highest activity friendliness. These results suggested that increasing neighbourhood amenities can lead to a reduced sedentariness of youth, though more so in the warmers months of the year.
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sedentary behaviour, built environment, season, adolescents, children, physical activity, physical behaviour, sedentary time
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Lotoski, L. Fuller, D. Stanley, K.G. Rainham, D. & Muhajarine, N. The Effect of Season and Neighbourhood-Built Environment on Home Area Sedentary Behaviour in 9–14 Year Old Children. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1968. https:// doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041968
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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041968