Gomes, Thayse NatachaKatzmarzyk, Peter T.Hedeker, DonaldFogelholm, MikaelStandage, MartynOnywera, VincentLambert, Estelle V.Tremblay, Mark S.Chaput, Jean-PhilippeTudor-Locke, CatrineSarmiento, OlgaMatsudo, VictorKurpad, AnuraKuriyan, RebeccaZhao, PeiHu, GangOlds, TimothyMaher, CarolMaia, Jose2018-02-262018-02-262017-11-28Gomes, T N, Katzmarzyk, P T, Hedeker, D, Fogelholm, M, Standage, M, Onywera, V, Lambert, E V, Tremblay, M S, Chaput, J-P, Tudor-Locke, C, Sarmiento, O, Matsudo, V, Kurpad, A, Kuriyan, R, Zhao, P, Hu, G, Olds, T, Maher, C & Maia, J 2017, 'Correlates of compliance with recommended levels of physical activity in children', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, 16507. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16525-9http://hdl.handle.net/10138/232846The purpose of this study was to describe children's daily compliance with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) recommendations across a week in different parts of the world, and to identify individual-and school-level correlates that may explain differences in daily MVPA compliance. The sample included 6553 children aged 9-11 years from 12 countries, and multilevel statistical analyses were used, including both child-and school-level variables. Most children did not comply with the MVPA guidelines on a daily basis: Chinese children complied the least, whereas Finnish, Australian, Colombian, UK, and Kenyan children complied the most. Boys (rate ratio [RR] = 1.47) and children with higher unhealthy diet scores (RR = 1.08) complied more, but overweight/obese children (RR = 0.81), earlier maturing children (RR = 0.93), and those who spent more time in screen activities (RR = 0.98) and sleeping (RR = 0.96) had the lowest compliance. At the school level, children with access to playground or sport equipment (RR = 0.88, for both) tended to comply less, whereas those with access to a gymnasium outside the school hours complied more with the MVPA guidelines (RR = 1.14). Significant between-country differences in children's daily MVPA compliance were observed, reflecting not only site characteristics, but also the importance of individual traits and local school contexts.11engcc_byinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSEDENTARY BEHAVIORADOLESCENTSYOUTHTIMEASSOCIATIONSMATURITYGROWTHSLEEPDIETPublic health care science, environmental and occupational healthArticleopenAccess54af7d97-b3a0-4410-8753-f592545e4b3d85036571738000416398100057