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. 2022 Dec 15;19:154. doi: 10.1186/s12966-022-01397-8

Table 2.

Proportion of participants meeting recommendations and overall guidelines for questionnaire and time-use diary samples at 2, 4, and 6 months of age

Recommendations Questionnaire Time-use diary
2 month 4 month 6 month All time points 2 month 4 month 6 month All time points
Physical activity recommendation
 Tummy time 128(51.2) 172(68.8) 228(91.2) 101(40.4) 17(18.1) 38(40.4) 59(62.8) 8(8.5)
Sedentary behaviour recommendations
 Screen time 172(68.8) 107(42.8) 93(37.2) 68(27.2) 79(84.0) 72(76.6) 75(79.8) 58(61.7)
 Reading time 146(58.4) 214(85.6) 229(91.6) 139(55.6) 41(43.6) 51(54.3) 57(60.6) 25(26.6)
 Restrained time bouts - - - - 28(29.8) 33(35.1) 37(39.4) 5(5.3)
 Sedentary behaviour definition 1 99(39.6) 94(37.6) 83(33.2) 42(16.8) 33(35.1) 37(39.4) 44(46.8) 14(14.9)
 Sedentary behaviour definition 2 - - - - 14(14.9) 17(18.1) 14(14.9) 0
Sleep recommendation
 Total sleep time 123(49.2) 184(73.6) 201(80.4) 86(34.4) 34(36.2) 84(89.4) 76(80.9) 26(27.7)
Overall guidelines
 Physical activity + sedentary behaviour definition 1 + sleep 31(12.4) 45(18.0) 69(27.6) 5(2.0) 2(2.1) 16(17.0) 21(22.3) 0
 Physical activity + sedentary behaviour definition 2 + sleep - - - - 1(1.1) 9(9.6) 7(7.4) 0

Sedentary behaviour definition 1: screen time + reading time

Sedentary behaviour definition 2: screen time + reading time + restrained time

Data presented as frequency (percentage) for all variables