Journal
OBESITY REVIEWS
Volume 22, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/obr.13209
Keywords
physical activity; sedentary behavior; sleep hygiene; social inequalities
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Funding
- Russian Government
- Croatia: Ministry of Health
- Croatia: Croatian Institute of Public Health
- Croatia: WHO Regional Office for Europe
- Albania: World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office Albania
- Bulgaria: WHO Regional Office for Europe
- Czech Republic: Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic [AZV MZCR 17-31670 A, MZCR-RVO EU 00023761]
- Denmark: The Danish Ministry of Health
- France: Sante publique France
- France: French Agency for Public Health
- Georgia: WHO
- Ireland: Health Service Executive
- Italy: Italian Ministry of Health
- Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanita)
- Kazakhstan: the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan: World Health Organization
- Latvia: Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Latvia
- Lithuania: Science Foundation of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
- Lithuania: Lithuanian Science Council
- Lithuania: WHO
- Malta: Ministry of Health
- Montenegro: WHO
- Montenegro: Institute of Public Health of Montenegro
- Poland: National Health Programme, Ministry of Health
- Portugal: Ministry of Health Institutions
- Portugal: National Institute of Health, Directorate General of Health, Regional Health Directorates
- Romania: Ministry of Health
- Russian Federation: WHO
- San Marino: Health Ministry
- Spain: the Spanish Agency for Food Safety Nutrition
- Tajikistan: WHO Country Office in Tajikistan
- Tajikistan: Ministry of Health and Social Protection
- Turkmenistan: WHO Country Office in Turkmenistan
- Turkmenistan: Ministry of Health
- Turkey: Turkish Ministry of Health
- Turkey: World Bank
- Austria: Federal Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection of Austria
- Albania: WHO Regional Office for Europe
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The study found socioeconomic disparities in children's movement behaviors across different countries. Children with higher SES were more likely to use motorized transportation, while those with lower SES were less likely to participate in sports clubs and more likely to have over 2 hours of screen time per day.
Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep are important predictors of children's health. This paper aimed to investigate socioeconomic disparities in physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep across the WHO European region. This cross-sectional study used data on 124,700 children aged 6 to 9 years from 24 countries participating in the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative between 2015 and 2017. Socioeconomic status (SES) was measured through parental education, parental employment status, and family perceived wealth. Overall, results showed different patterns in socioeconomic disparities in children's movement behaviors across countries. In general, high SES children were more likely to use motorized transportation. Low SES children were less likely to participate in sports clubs and more likely to have more than 2 h/day of screen time. Children with low parental education had a 2.24 [95% CI 1.94-2.58] times higher risk of practising sports for less than 2 h/week. In the pooled analysis, SES was not significantly related to active play. The relationship between SES and sleep varied by the SES indicator used. Importantly, results showed that low SES is not always associated with a higher prevalence of less healthy behaviors. There is a great diversity in SES patterns across countries which supports the need for country-specific, targeted public health interventions.
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