Departamento de Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile.
School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia.
Arch Argent Pediatr. 2021 Dec;119(6):370-377. doi: 10.5546/aap.2021.eng.370.
Given the importance of physical activity and sleep for health, different recommendations have been proposed for the pediatric population. The objective of this study was to determine the association between physical activity and sleep recommendations compliance and excess weight in school children from Temuco, Chile.
Physical activity and sleep were measured using ActiGraph wGT3X-BT® accelerometers. Excess weight was categorized on two categories: absence (normal weight) or presence (overweight or obesity) based on body mass index.
A total of 183 school children participated (54.1 % were females; mean age = 10.95 ± 1.07). Of them, 85.4 % did not meet physical activity recommendations, whereas 75.6% did not meet sleep recommendations. Significant differences were observed in favor of boys over girls in relation to moderate and vigorous physical activity (p = 0.002), but this was not the case for amount of sleep. School children with excess weight showed less time spent in moderate and vigorous activity (p = 0.004) and a lower amount of sleep (p = 0.010) than normal weight ones. Non-compliance with physical activity recommendations was associated with excess weight (odds ratio [OR] = 8.178; 95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.465-45.635; p = 0.017), but this was not observed in relation to sleep recommendations.
A high percentage of school children do not meet the recommendations for physical activity and sleep. Associations were observed by sex and presence of excess weight. Strategies are required to promote compliance with these recommendations in the pediatric population.
鉴于体力活动和睡眠对健康的重要性，针对儿科人群提出了不同的建议。本研究的目的是确定智利特木科地区学龄儿童体力活动和睡眠建议的遵守情况与超重之间的关系。
使用 ActiGraph wGT3X-BT®加速度计测量体力活动和睡眠。根据体重指数，将超重分为两类：不存在（正常体重）或存在（超重或肥胖）。
共有 183 名学龄儿童参与（54.1%为女性；平均年龄=10.95±1.07）。其中，85.4%的儿童未达到体力活动建议，75.6%的儿童未达到睡眠建议。与女孩相比，男孩在中等到剧烈体力活动方面有显著差异（p=0.002），但睡眠时间则不然。超重的学龄儿童在中等到剧烈活动中的时间较少（p=0.004），睡眠时间也较短（p=0.010）。不符合体力活动建议与超重有关（比值比[OR]=8.178；95%置信区间[CI]：1.465-45.635；p=0.017），但与睡眠建议无关。
很大比例的学龄儿童不符合体力活动和睡眠建议。性别和超重的存在存在关联。需要制定策略来促进儿科人群遵守这些建议。
