Proportion of preschool-aged children meeting the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines and associations with adiposity: results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey

Table 3 Differences in BMI z-score between participants meeting vs. not meeting the physical activity, screen time, and sleep duration recommendations and combinations of these recommendations in the full study sample (n = 803)

BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, PA physical activity, SLEEP sleep duration, ST screen time
Meeting the recommendations is defined as ≥180 min/day of physical activity (of which ≥60 min is moderate-to-vigorous physical activity), ≤1 h/day of screen time, and 10–13 h/day of sleep
No significant differences in BMI z-scores were observed between meeting vs. not meeting the different recommendations
Physical activity was based on accelerometer data, and screen time and sleep duration were parent-reported
^EUse with caution (coefficient of variation >16.6%)
^FToo unreliable to be published (coefficient of variation >33.3%)

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