Longitudinal patterns of physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep in urban South African adolescents, Birth-To-Twenty Plus cohort.

Sara K HansonRichard J MunthaliLisa K MicklesfieldFelipe LobeloSolveig A CunninghamTerryl J HartmanShane A NorrisAryeh D Stein

Published in: BMC pediatrics (2019)

Most adolescents in this South African population did not meet WHO recommendations for physical activity. In this population, trajectories of sedentary behavior and sleep were independent of physical activity.

Keyphrases

physical activity
sleep quality
body mass index
young adults
depressive symptoms
cross sectional