Infant gross motor development and childhood physical activity: Role of adiposity
Summary: Objectives: Later achievement of standing and walking in infancy predicts childhood physical inactivity. This study aimed to examine associations between ages of achieving six gross motor milestones and childhood physical activity, and whether these associations were mediated by adiposity....
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| author | Tomoko Aoyama Yuki Hikihara Masashi Watanabe Hitoshi Wakabayashi Satoshi Hanawa Naomi Omi Hidemi Takimoto Shigeho Tanaka |
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| description | Summary: Objectives: Later achievement of standing and walking in infancy predicts childhood physical inactivity. This study aimed to examine associations between ages of achieving six gross motor milestones and childhood physical activity, and whether these associations were mediated by adiposity. Design: A retrospective analysis of a subset from a cohort study. Methods: Data were available for 211 first-grade primary school children (aged 6–7 years) in the Kanto region, Japan. Information on ages of achieving holding head up, sitting, crawling, standing supported, walking supported, and independent walking were obtained from parental records in the Maternal and Child Health Handbooks. Adiposity was assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and expressed as body fat percentage. Current gross motor skills were assessed by the Test of Gross Motor Development 2nd edition. Physical activity was measured using a triaxial accelerometer and defined as time involved in moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA). Results: Multiple regression analyses revealed that the age of achieving standing supported was negatively associated with MVPA (p = .021), while ages of achieving crawling (p = .010), standing supported (p = .002), and walking supported (p = .033) were positively associated with adiposity, after adjusting for potential confounders including current gross motor skills. When adiposity was introduced as a covariate, the age of achieving standing supported was still associated with MVPA (p = .048), and the indirect effect of achievement of standing supported on MVPA was not significant. Conclusions: Infants who achieve standing supported at a later age are less likely to be active during early school age, and adiposity may not mediate this association. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4ec4965c11142418870f6efe8e1f0fa2024-01-27T07:01:13ZengElsevierJSAMS Plus2772-69672023-01-012100021Infant gross motor development and childhood physical activity: Role of adiposityTomoko Aoyama0Yuki Hikihara1Masashi Watanabe2Hitoshi Wakabayashi3Satoshi Hanawa4Naomi Omi5Hidemi Takimoto6Shigeho Tanaka7Department of Nutritional Epidemiology and Shokuiku, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8636 Japan; Advanced Research Center for Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa-shi, Saitama 359-1192, Japan; Corresponding author. Department of Nutritional Epidemiology and Shokuiku, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8636 JapanFaculty of Creative Engineering, Center for Liberal Arts, Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-1-1 Shibazono, Narashino-shi, Chiba 275-0023 JapanCollege of Education, Ibaraki University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Mito-shi, Ibaraki 310-8512 JapanFaculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 060-8628 JapanMeiji Yasuda Life Foundation of Health and Welfare, 8-3, Nishisinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023 JapanFaculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-8577 JapanDepartment of Nutritional Epidemiology and Shokuiku, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8636 JapanDepartment of Nutritional Science, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8636 Japan; Faculty of Nutrition, Kagawa Nutrition University, 3-9-21 Chiyoda, Sakado-shi, Saitama 350-0288 JapanSummary: Objectives: Later achievement of standing and walking in infancy predicts childhood physical inactivity. This study aimed to examine associations between ages of achieving six gross motor milestones and childhood physical activity, and whether these associations were mediated by adiposity. Design: A retrospective analysis of a subset from a cohort study. Methods: Data were available for 211 first-grade primary school children (aged 6–7 years) in the Kanto region, Japan. Information on ages of achieving holding head up, sitting, crawling, standing supported, walking supported, and independent walking were obtained from parental records in the Maternal and Child Health Handbooks. Adiposity was assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and expressed as body fat percentage. Current gross motor skills were assessed by the Test of Gross Motor Development 2nd edition. Physical activity was measured using a triaxial accelerometer and defined as time involved in moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA). Results: Multiple regression analyses revealed that the age of achieving standing supported was negatively associated with MVPA (p = .021), while ages of achieving crawling (p = .010), standing supported (p = .002), and walking supported (p = .033) were positively associated with adiposity, after adjusting for potential confounders including current gross motor skills. When adiposity was introduced as a covariate, the age of achieving standing supported was still associated with MVPA (p = .048), and the indirect effect of achievement of standing supported on MVPA was not significant. Conclusions: Infants who achieve standing supported at a later age are less likely to be active during early school age, and adiposity may not mediate this association.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772696723000029Growth and developmentMotor skillsInfantChildPhysical activityAccelerometer |
| spellingShingle | Tomoko Aoyama Yuki Hikihara Masashi Watanabe Hitoshi Wakabayashi Satoshi Hanawa Naomi Omi Hidemi Takimoto Shigeho Tanaka Infant gross motor development and childhood physical activity: Role of adiposity JSAMS Plus Growth and development Motor skills Infant Child Physical activity Accelerometer |
| title | Infant gross motor development and childhood physical activity: Role of adiposity |
| title_full | Infant gross motor development and childhood physical activity: Role of adiposity |
| title_fullStr | Infant gross motor development and childhood physical activity: Role of adiposity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infant gross motor development and childhood physical activity: Role of adiposity |
| title_short | Infant gross motor development and childhood physical activity: Role of adiposity |
| title_sort | infant gross motor development and childhood physical activity role of adiposity |
| topic | Growth and development Motor skills Infant Child Physical activity Accelerometer |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772696723000029 |
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