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. 2021 Aug 18;17(1):e12846. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12846

TABLE 3.

Raw estimates of children's health behaviours across measurement periods (2018–2020)

Spring 2018 Spring 2019 Spring 2020
Subsample Pre‐pandemic only Subsample Pre‐pandemic only Subsample
N M ± SD N M ± SD N M ± SD N M ± SD N M ± SD
Physical activity (min)
Light PA 45 488.8 ± 84.0 123 499.6 ± 100.3 59 478.8 ± 110.3 33 484.1 ± 101.9 70 394.4 ± 109.4
MVPA 45 78.7 ± 31.1 123 78.5 ± 36.1 59 71.2 ± 38.9 33 63.9 ± 38.7 70 60.5 ± 33.3
Sedentary behaviour (min) 45 313.8 ± 95.6 123 293.3 ± 112.8 59 327.2 ± 119.5 33 329.6 ± 123.9 70 465.9 ± 145.1
Sleep
Minutes asleep 44 470.9 ± 37.9 125 465.0 ± 50.1 58 462.7 ± 45.2 37 475.6 ± 46.1 61 476.0 ± 52.0
Bedtime 44 10:42 PM ± 51.5 125 10:50 PM ± 64.7 58 10:40 PM ± 62.0 37 10:30 PM ± 57.0 61 12:27 AM ± 115.7
Wake time 44 7:05 AM ± 43.0 125 7:07 AM ± 52.7 58 6:58 AM ± 45.7 37 6:57 AM ± 49.6 61 8:57 AM ± 109.6
Midpoint 44 2:53 AM ± 44.0 125 2:58 AM ± 52.8 58 2:48 AM ± 49.8 37 2:43 AM ± 48.2 61 4:37 AM ± 109.1
Midpoint ISD 43 73.0 ± 30.5 117 73.9 ± 38.8 55 65.1 ± 32.3 32 63.3 ± 36.4 60 89.6 ± 60.5
Screen time (min)
Total ST 45 100.5 ± 75.3 83 88.1 ± 65.5 70 105.3 ± 68.7 50 110.9 ± 79.7 74 220.2 ± 121.9
Evening ST 42 25.8 ± 38.3 82 15.0 ± 21.5 69 34.4 ± 34.8 49 34.2 ± 37.4 74 60.4 ± 56.0
Bedroom ST 41 13.9 ± 29.1 82 5.4 ± 11.9 68 16.5 ± 28.0 49 12.5 ± 18.0 74 25.6 ± 35.0
Diet
Healthy foods 45 1.5 ± 0.8 84 1.3 ± 0.7 71 1.5 ± 0.8 50 1.4 ± 0.7 74 2.0 ± 0.8
Unhealthy foods 45 2.9 ± 1.4 84 2.6 ± 1.3 71 2.8 ± 1.2 50 2.7 ± 1.3 73 4.4 ± 1.6
Summer 2018 Summer 2019 Summer 2020
Subsample Pre‐pandemic only Subsample Pre‐pandemic only Subsample
Physical activity (min)
Light PA 34 471.6 ± 78.5 54 475.2 ± 113.0 43 445.1 ± 108.6 17 478.4 ± 111.3 57 416.1 ± 112.9
MVPA 34 88.1 ± 44.8 54 74.1 ± 43.3 43 68.7 ± 39.1 17 102.7 ± 60.1 57 67.7 ± 38.5
Sedentary behaviour (min) 34 322.5 ± 107.1 54 315.6 ± 132.9 43 358.5 ± 134.3 17 287.8 ± 147.9 57 493.0 ± 169.4
Sleep
Minutes asleep 35 473.1 ± 60.3 55 492.0 ± 45.0 43 474.9 ± 54.6 19 490.3 ± 50.4 52 485.8 ± 49.4
Bedtime 35 11:38 PM ± 83.3 55 11:32 PM ± 76.6 43 12:02 AM ± 93.9 19 11:47 PM ± 68.9 52 12:50 AM ± 103.6
Wake time 35 8:03 AM ± 87.1 55 8:17 AM ± 80.1 43 8:35 AM ± 99.4 19 8:32 AM ± 69.6 52 9:30 AM ± 116.1
Midpoint 35 3:47 AM ± 79.6 55 3:47 AM ± 75.2 43 4:20 AM ± 92.9 19 4:03 AM ± 63.2 52 5:10 AM ± 106.5
Midpoint ISD 33 72.6 ± 41.4 53 75.8 ± 51.8 41 68.2 ± 39.9 17 60.3 ± 38.1 51 103.9 ± 89.0
Screen time (min)
Total ST 40 139.4 ± 89.6 70 123.7 ± 88.4 66 154.1 ± 97.1 37 174.2 ± 90.2 69 185.7 ± 119.3
Evening ST 40 44.9 ± 53.1 63 36.2 ± 44.0 65 57.8 ± 51.4 37 51.5 ± 47.8 69 62.3 ± 63.1
Bedroom ST 40 16.5 ± 33.5 63 12.5 ± 27.1 65 23.2 ± 33.3 37 24.3 ± 27.7 69 25.9 ± 33.4
Diet
Healthy foods 39 1.3 ± 0.8 70 1.2 ± 0.8 66 1.5 ± 0.9 38 1.6 ± 0.8 68 2.0 ± 0.8
Unhealthy foods 39 2.8 ± 1.3 70 2.6 ± 1.2 66 3.3 ± 1.4 38 3.0 ± 1.3 68 4.1 ± 1.3

Note: Pre‐pandemic only measures include children who did not re‐enroll in the 2020 subsample. Healthy foods ranged from 0 to 3 and unhealthy foods ranged from 0 to 14 with higher values indicating greater daily consumption. MVPA and Bedroom ST were winsorized at 5% due to high skew.

Abbreviation: ISD, individual standard deviation; MVPA, moderate to vigorous physical activity; PA, physical activity; ST, screen time.