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SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2014

Associations between sedentary behaviour and physical activity in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis.

N Pearson, R E Braithwaite, S J H Biddle, E M F van Sluijs, A J Atkin

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Synthesis in Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 152 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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152citing papers in PubMed, 15 pooled it
34.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

152 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 373 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Activity-related behavior typologies in youth: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019
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  12. Sedentary behaviour and adiposity in youth: a systematic review of reviews and analysis of causality.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017
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  13. The associations between sedentary behaviour and mental health among adolescents: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2016
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  14. Is the relationship between sedentary behaviour and cardiometabolic health in adolescents independent of dietary intake? A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

N PearsonSchool of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
R E Braithwaite
S J H Biddle
E M F van Sluijs
A J Atkin
University of Cambridge · GBHumboldt State University · USLoughborough College · GBLoughborough University · GB

Funding

British Heart FoundationMedical Research Council MC_UP_1001/2Medical Research Council MC_UU_12015/7Medical Research Council MR/K023187/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical activity and sedentary behaviour are associated with metabolic and mental health during childhood and adolescence. Understanding the inter-relationships between these behaviours will help to inform intervention design. This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesized evidence from observational studies describing the association between sedentary behaviour and physical activity in young people (<18 years). English-language publications up to August 2013 were located through electronic and manual searches. Included studies presented statistical associations between at least one measure of sedentary behaviour and one measure of physical activity. One hundred sixty-three papers were included in the meta-analysis, from which data on 254 independent samples was extracted. In the summary meta-analytic model (k = 230), a small, but significant, negative association between sedentary behaviour and physical activity was observed (r = -0.108, 95% confidence interval [CI] = -0.128, -0.087). In moderator analyses, studies that recruited smaller samples (n < 100, r = -0.193, 95% CI = -0.276, -0.109) employed objective methods of measurement (objectively measured physical activity; r = -0.233, 95% CI = -0.330, -0.137) or were assessed to be of higher methodological quality (r = -0.176, 95% CI = -0.215, -0.138) reported stronger associations, although effect sizes remained small. The association between sedentary behaviour and physical activity in young people is negative, but small, suggesting that these behaviours do not directly displace one another.

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Health BehaviorMotor ActivitySedentary BehaviorAdolescentChildDatabases, FactualHumansObesityChildrenphysical activitysedentary behaviour

Identifiers

PMID24844784
PMCPMC4282352
OpenAlexW1492335048

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