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Middle childhood physical activity declines, especially short bursts, are steeper in girls and on weekends. Promoting physical activity and sedentary breaks is crucial for reducing health risks.

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Area of Science:

Pediatric health
Behavioral science
Biometrics

Background:

Childhood physical activity and sedentary behavior are critical for long-term health.
Understanding age-related changes in activity patterns is essential for developing targeted interventions.
Previous research has not fully elucidated sex and day-type differences in these longitudinal changes.

Purpose of the Study:

To quantify age-related changes in accelerometer-derived physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns over three years of middle childhood.
To examine differences in these changes based on child sex and between weekend and weekday behaviors.

Main Methods:

A longitudinal study tracked 169 children (ages 8-12) over three years with six assessments.
Waist-worn accelerometers (Actigraph GT3X) measured day-level moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behavior metrics.
Metrics included bout counts, bout lengths, temporal dispersion, and breaks, analyzed using multilevel linear regression.

Main Results:

Age-related decreases in short MVPA bouts were steeper for girls and on weekend days.
MVPA temporal dispersion became more even on weekend days compared to weekdays with increasing age.
Girls exhibited steeper age-related declines in sedentary breaks and temporal dispersion of sedentary behavior than boys.

Conclusions:

Interventions should focus on preserving short physical activity bouts and encouraging sedentary breaks, particularly for girls and during weekend days.
These targeted strategies may help mitigate cardiometabolic risks associated with declining physical activity.
Longitudinal data reveal important sex-specific and day-type specific patterns in childhood physical activity and sedentary behavior.