Abstract presented at the 2014 Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children, held in Toronto, May 19-22, 201

Cliff, Dylan

Okely, Anthony D

Parrish, Anne-Maree

Vella, Stewart

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University of WollongongResearch OnlineFaculty of Social Sciences - Papers Faculty of Social Sciences2014Physical activity and sedentary guidelines; Whatare the similarities and differences across the globe?Anne-Maree ParrishUniversity of Wollongong, aparrish@uow.edu.auStewart VellaUniversity of Wollongong, stvella@uow.edu.auAnthony D. OkelyUniversity of Wollongong, tokely@uow.edu.auDylan CliffUniversity of Wollongong, dylanc@uow.edu.auResearch Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library:research-pubs@uow.edu.auPublication DetailsParrish, A., Vella, S., Okely, T. & Cliff, D. (2014). Physical activity and sedentary guidelines; What are the similarities and differencesacross the globe?. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11 (Supplement 1), S180.Physical activity and sedentary guidelines; What are the similarities anddifferences across the globe?AbstractAbstract presented at the 2014 Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children, held in Toronto, May19-22, 2014Keywordsguidelines, globe, sedentary, similarities, activity, differences, physical, acrossDisciplinesEducation | Social and Behavioral SciencesPublication DetailsParrish, A., Vella, S., Okely, T. & Cliff, D. (2014). Physical activity and sedentary guidelines; What are thesimilarities and differences across the globe?. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11 (Supplement 1),S180.This journal article is available at Research Online: http://ro.uow.edu.au/sspapers/1392S180  Abstractsideas. Results: Teachers acknowledged a higher level of activity was occurring more regularly for their entire student body while students identified the activities as exciting, unique and engaging. Conclusion: Healthy is Happy has led to increased physical activ-ity in schools while helping students make healthier food choices. While schools received identical training, personalizing it for their own schools led to greater student engagement, and the realization that Healthy is Happy!A Community-Based, Family-Centred Lifestyle Intervention Improves Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life in Overweight AdolescentsTim Olds1, Erin Howie2, Kyla Smith2, Ashley Fenner2, Leon Straker2 1 Health and Use of Time (HUT) Group, University of South Aus-tralia, Adelaide, Australia; 2 School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, AustraliaObjective: We conducted a staggered-entry, wait-list controlled clinical trial to test the effects of an 8-week community-based family-centred lifestyle intervention on the physical activity, sed-entary time, weight status and health-related quality of life levels of overweight and obese. Methods: Adolescents (14.±1.6 years) and their parents completed an 8-week intervention at three community sites in Western Australia across three waves. The initial intervention was followed with telephone and SMS follow-ups at decreasing frequency. Participants (n=56) were weighed and measured, wore accelerometers, and completed the PedsQL health-related qual-ity of life (HRQoL) instrument at baseline, before beginning the intervention, immediately following the intervention, and at 3- and 6-months follow-up. Linear mixed models with repeated measures, adjusted for age, wear-time, intervention site and wave, were used to test the effects of the intervention on accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity. Results: We present here pre-post data for 56 completers. From pre-program to 6-months, sedentary time decreased by 19 min/d, and total physical activity increased by the same amount. BMI z-score fell from 2.05±0.45 to 2.00±0.45. Health-related quality of life scores increased from 70.3±18.0 to 81.1±20.2 (all p<0.05). Conclusion: This program resulted in modest but significant improvements in activity patterns, weight status and HRQoL after a 6-month maintenance period.The Relationship Between Use of Time and Health-Related Quality of Life in Australian Children and AdolescentsTim Olds1, Michelle Samaras1, Alison Coates2, Andrew Hills3, Jeff Walkley4, Peter Howe5, Margarita Tsiros21 Health and Use of Time (HUT) Group, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia; 2 Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia; 3 Mater Research Institute—University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; 4 School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Austra-lia; 5 Clinical Nutrition Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, AustraliaObjective: Determine the associations between various aspects of time use and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and adolescents. Methods: 239 Australian children aged 10 to 13 years completed the Pediatric Quality of Life Survey (PedsQL) survey to quantify health-related quality of life. Time use was quantified over four days using the Multimedia Activity Recall for Children and Adolescents (MARCA), a validated 24 h recall tool. The average number of minutes spent in physical activity (divided into sport, active transport and play), screen time (divided into television, videogames and computer use) and sleep was calculated. Body fat was measured using DXA, Tanner stage by self-report and household income by parental report. Analysis used Partial Least Squares regression, with age, percentage body fat, Tanner stage, household income and time use as independent variables and PedsQL total, physical and psycho-social subscale scores as dependent variables. Analyses were strati-fied by gender. Results: For boys, the most important predictors of HRQoL were body fat percentage (negative), videogames (negative), sport (positive) and Tanner stage (positive). For girls, the significant predictors were body fat percentage (negative), TV (negative), sport (positive) and household income (positive). Active transport, active play, computer use, sleep, bedtime and morning wake time were not associated with HRQoL. Conclusion: While body fat was the most significant predictor of HRQoL, sport was independently associated with better HRQoL and TV and videogames with poorer HRQoL. HRQoL appears to be associated only with particular types of physical activity and particular types of sedentary behaviour.Physical Activity and Sedentary Guidelines; What are the Similarities and Differences Across the Globe?Anne-Maree Parrish1,2, Stewart Vella1,2, Tony Okely1,2, Dylan Cliff1,2 1 Faculty of Social Science University of Wollongong, NSW, Aus-tralia; 2 Interdisciplinary Educational Research Institute, University of Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaObjectives: As a result of evidence documenting the health benefits of physical activity and risks associated with sedentary behaviour, many countries have created physical activity and sedentary behav-iour guidelines. This research aimed to systematically identify individual countries guidelines for children and adolescents and to explore consistencies and points of difference between guidelines internationally. Methods: Two authors independently searched the literature in four databases to identify papers reporting on physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines. The google search engine was used to recover additional sources not previously identi-fied in the academic literature. Results: There were guidelines for thirteen individual countries. Additional guidelines exist for Nordic countries, European Union, and World Health Organisation. Most guidelines recommended at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day, however intensities varied, while some did not provide definitions to substantiate intensity levels. Guideline age categories ranged from two to 18 years, however most were for five to 17 year olds. Some countries included recommendations for sedentary behaviour or a reduction in screen time (N=4), while most did not. Conclusions: Nuances in wording could lead to varied interpreta-tions of physical activity requirements. In some instances physical activity guidelines were written up to ten years ago, emphasising the need to maintain currency. Differences in age groupings can cause concern if making international comparisons. There is a need for global consistency for accurate across country comparisons based on current evidence. Guidelines should contain details about the frequency, duration, types, and amount of physical activity and sedentary behaviour, as well as physical activity intensity.

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