Table 3.
Proportion with high or low activity levels for commuting, leisure-time sports, and sedentary behavior for mothers and children by cohort1
| |
2000 Cohort (Baseline 2000; Follow-up 2004) |
2004 Cohort (Baseline 2004; Follow-up 2006) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Children |
Mothers |
Children |
Mothers |
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| Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | |
| Commuting2 | ||||||||
| Low activity |
94.0 |
88.0 |
78.4 |
89.3 |
89.8 |
86.0 |
83.3 |
88.2 |
| High activity |
6.0 |
12.0 |
21.6 |
10.2 |
10.2 |
14.0 |
16.7 |
11.8 |
| Leisure-time sports3 | ||||||||
| Low activity |
90.8 |
79.1 |
88.3 |
96.3 |
88.4 |
81.8 |
95.6 |
91.2 |
| High activity |
9.2 |
20.9 |
11.7 |
3.7 |
11.6 |
18.2 |
4.4 |
8.8 |
| Sedentary4 | ||||||||
| Low sedentary behavior |
|
41.1 |
|
71.2 |
|
50.8 |
|
71.8 |
| High sedentary behavior | 58.9 | 28.8 | 49.2 | 28.2 | ||||
China Health and Nutrition Survey.1
1Values are percentages.
2Low commuting activity = MET-hrs/wk equivalent of <30 minutes/day of biking/walking; high commuting activity = MET-hrs/wk equivalent of ≥30 minutes/day of biking/walking.
3Low leisure-time sports = mother or child does not meet the WHO Global PA Recommendation; high leisure-time sports activity = mother or child meets the WHO Global PA Recommendations.
4Low sedentary behavior = MET-hrs/wk equivalent of <2 hrs/day of sedentary behavior; high sedentary behavior = MET-hrs/wk equivalent of ≥2 hrs/day of sedentary behavior.