Early Start, Faculty of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
School of Education, Faculty of The Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Child Care Health Dev. 2024 May;50(3):e13265. doi: 10.1111/cch.13265.
Early childhood education services (ECE) continue to be a key setting to promote physical activity and limit sedentary behaviour. Thus, the aim of this study was to (1) provide an updated systematic review of correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour among children in ECE settings and (2) discuss changes in physical activity and sedentary behaviour correlates among children in ECEC settings over time.
A systematic search of eight databases identified 40 studies published between 2015 and 2023 that met the inclusion criteria. The variables were categorized into four domains (child, educator, physical environmental and organizational). Fifty-eight variables were identified.
For data from 2015 to 2023, strong associations were identified in all domains (child, educator, physical environmental and organizational) for physical activity, yet no strong associations for sedentary behaviour were identified. Aggregated data (i.e., combining data from previous review and this review) showed strong associations with children's physical activity and age, motor coordination and sex (child), educator behaviour and presence (educator), presence and size of outdoor environments (physical environmental) and active opportunities and service quality (organizational). For sedentary behaviour, sex, outdoor environments and active opportunities were strongly associated in the combined data.
The correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in ECE settings continue to be multi-dimensional and span different domains. Variables such as educator behaviours and intentionality, provision of active opportunities, use of outdoor space and service quality should be the key focus area for improving physical activity and sedentary behaviour levels of young children.
幼儿教育服务（ECE）仍然是促进身体活动和限制久坐行为的重要场所。因此，本研究的目的是：（1）提供一份有关 ECE 环境中儿童身体活动和久坐行为相关因素的最新系统综述；（2）讨论随着时间的推移，ECEC 环境中儿童身体活动和久坐行为相关因素的变化。
对八个数据库进行系统搜索，确定了 2015 年至 2023 年间符合纳入标准的 40 项研究。这些变量被分为四个领域（儿童、教育者、物理环境和组织）。共确定了 58 个变量。
对于 2015 年至 2023 年的数据，在所有领域（儿童、教育者、物理环境和组织）中，身体活动都存在强烈的相关性，但久坐行为没有发现强烈的相关性。汇总数据（即，综合以前综述和本综述的数据）显示，与儿童身体活动相关的因素包括年龄、运动协调能力和性别（儿童），教育者行为和存在（教育者），户外活动环境的存在和大小（物理环境），以及活动机会和服务质量（组织）。对于久坐行为，在综合数据中，性别、户外活动环境和活动机会与久坐行为强烈相关。
ECE 环境中身体活动和久坐行为的相关因素仍然是多维度的，涵盖了不同的领域。教育者行为和意图、提供活动机会、使用户外活动空间和服务质量等变量应该是提高幼儿身体活动和久坐行为水平的重点关注领域。
