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Movement in High School: Proportion of Chinese Adolescents Meeting 24-Hour Movement Guidelines

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  • Li Ying

    (School of Sport and Physical Education, Huainan Normal University, Huainan 232038, Anhui Prov, China)

  • Xihe Zhu

    (Department of Human Movement Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23508, USA)

  • Justin Haegele

    (Department of Human Movement Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23508, USA)

  • Yang Wen

    (Center of Jiangsu Sports Health Engineering Collaborative Innovation, Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing 210014, Jiangsu Prov, China)

Abstract

The purposes of this study were (a) to examine the proportions of adolescents in China who partially or fully meet three 24-h movement guidelines on physical activity, screen-time, and sleep duration and (b) to examine whether there were gender differences in the proportion of boys and girls meeting these guidelines. The sample was made up of high school adolescents from an eastern province of China ( N = 1338). The participants completed a self-reported survey on demographic variables and weekly health behaviors including physical activity, screen-time, and sleep duration. A frequency analysis was conducted to summarize the number of 24-h movement guidelines met of the total sample and by gender; chi-squared tests were used to examine the gender differences in the proportion of students meeting different guidelines, independently and jointly. A high proportion of adolescents did not meet physical activity (97.2%, 95% CI = 96.2–98.0%), or sleep (92.1%, 95% CI = 90.6–93.5%) guidelines, but met screen-time (93.6%, 95% CI = 92.4–94.7%) guidelines. Overall, only 0.3% (95%CI = 0.1–0.6%) of the sample met all three guidelines, 8.8% (95%CI = 7.5–10.2%) met two, 85.8%% (95%CI = 84.0–87.4%) met one, and 5.1% (95%CI = 4.0–6.4%) met none. There was no statistically significant percentage difference between female and male participants in meeting physical activity, screen-time viewing, or sleep duration guidelines, independently or jointly ( p values > 0.05). These figures of participants meeting all three guidelines or physical activity and sleep independently are much lower than many estimates in prior research internationally. Considerations to improve adherence to physical activity and sleep guidelines are critical in this population.

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  • Li Ying & Xihe Zhu & Justin Haegele & Yang Wen, 2020. "Movement in High School: Proportion of Chinese Adolescents Meeting 24-Hour Movement Guidelines," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-9, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:7:p:2395-:d:339815
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    1. Xihe Zhu & Justin A. Haegele & Huarong Liu & Fangliang Yu, 2021. "Academic Stress, Physical Activity, Sleep, and Mental Health among Chinese Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(14), pages 1-9, July.
    2. Lauren S. Tye & Tessa Scott & Jillian J. Haszard & Meredith C. Peddie, 2020. "Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep, and Their Association with BMI in a Sample of Adolescent Females in New Zealand," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(17), pages 1-10, August.
    3. Yi Sun & Yuan Liu & Xiaojian Yin & Ming Li & Ting Zhang & Feng Zhang & Yaru Guo & Pengwei Sun, 2023. "Proportion of Chinese Children and Adolescents Meeting 24-Hour Movement Guidelines and Associations with Overweight and Obesity," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(2), pages 1-13, January.
    4. Dartagnan Pinto Guedes & Marizete Arenhart Zuppa, 2022. "Adherence to Combined Healthy Movement Behavior Guidelines among Adolescents: Effects on Cardiometabolic Health Markers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-12, July.
    5. Lin Luo & Xiaojin Zeng & Yunxia Cao & Yulong Hu & Shaojing Wen & Kaiqi Tang & Lina Ding & Xiangfei Wang & Naiqing Song, 2023. "The Associations between Meeting 24-Hour Movement Guidelines (24-HMG) and Mental Health in Adolescents—Cross Sectional Evidence from China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-15, February.

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