Prevalence and Likelihood of Meeting Sleep, Physical Activity, and Screen-Time Guidelines Among US Youth

Gregory Knell; Casey P Durand; Harold W Kohl 3rd; Ivan H C Wu; Kelley Pettee Gabriel

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4847

Prevalence and Likelihood of Meeting Sleep, Physical Activity, and Screen-Time Guidelines Among US Youth

JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Apr 1;173(4):387-389. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4847.

Authors

Gregory Knell^{1

2}, Casey P Durand^{1

2}, Harold W Kohl 3rd^{3

4}, Ivan H C Wu⁵, Kelley Pettee Gabriel^{3

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dallas.
² Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Austin.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Austin.
⁴ Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin.
⁵ The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
⁶ Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin.

Abstract

This study presents the prevalence and likelihood of US individuals younger than 18 years meeting recommendations on time spent sleeping, in physical activity, and in front of screens.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cross-Sectional Studies
Exercise*
Female
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Screen Time*
Sedentary Behavior
Sleep*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
United States

Grants and funding

T32 CA057712/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States