Table 3.
Behavioural correlates of sedentary behaviours and direction of association
| Correlate variables | Sedentary behaviour* | TV viewing | DVD/videos | Electronic games | Computer use | Reading | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assoc. | Studies | Assoc. | Studies | Assoc. | Studies | Assoc. | Studies | Assoc. | Studies | Assoc. | Studies | |
| Physical activity | - | [44,50] | 0 | [40] | ||||||||
| 0 | [43] | |||||||||||
| Outdoor playtime | - | [48] | 0 | [37,39,42] | 0 | [39] | ||||||
| - | [33] | |||||||||||
| Overall assoc. | 0 | |||||||||||
| Child attends swim lessons | - | [32] | ||||||||||
| Sedentary behaviour | 0 | [50] | ||||||||||
| Sleep | - | [38] | ||||||||||
| Reading | 0 | [37] | 0 | [40] | ||||||||
| Drawing | 0 | [40] | ||||||||||
| Computer use | + | [40 (wk)] | ||||||||||
| 0 | [40 (we)] | |||||||||||
| Playing console games | + | [40] | ||||||||||
| Playing hand-held games | + | [40 (we)] | ||||||||||
| 0 | [40 (wk)] | |||||||||||
| Energy intake | + | [38,43] | ||||||||||
| Consumption energy dense foods | + | [38] | ||||||||||
| Consumption skim milk/fruit & vegetables | - | [38] | ||||||||||
| Multivitamin use | 0 | [38] | ||||||||||
Abbreviations: we: weekend; wk: week.
* Sedentary behaviour was defined as: levels 1 & 2 in OSRAP 5 point scale [48].