The impact of new government childcare accreditation standards on children’s in-care physical activity and sedentary time

Table 4 The moderating effects of age group and childcare environment on the differences for change in-care physical activity and sedentary time (follow-up vs. baseline) between groups (accreditation vs. control)

Abbreviations: B Unstandardized beta coefficient, CI Confidence interval, LPA Light-intensity physical activity, MVPA Moderate-to vigorous-intensity physical activity, MOVERS Movement Environment Rating Scale, EPAO Environment and Policy Assessment and Observation, PA Physical activity
In model 1, the clustering effect of childcare centers and the repeated effect of time were included as random intercepts, and time, group, and time*group were included as fixed effects
In model 2, the clustering effect of childcare centers and the repeated effect of time were included as random intercepts, and time, group, time*group, and covariates (child age, child race/ethnicity, parental education, and mean precipitation) were included as fixed effects
^aBeta coefficients for the interaction term between group (accreditation vs. control), time (follow-up vs. baseline), baseline age group (preschooler vs. toddler). ^bBeta coefficients for the interaction term between group (accreditation vs. control), time (follow-up vs. baseline), and the MOVERS total score (continuous)
³ Beta coefficients for the interaction term between group (accreditation vs. control), time (follow-up vs. baseline), and the EPAO PA score (continuous)

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