Associations of 24‐h movement behaviour with overweight and obesity among school‐aged children and adolescents in Pakistan: An empirical cross‐sectional study
Children failing to meet none or only one guideline faced increased overweight/obesity risk compared to those meeting all recommendations. Individual-level factors such as eating habits, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep patterns, and unhealthy lifestyle choices significantly influenced body weight status. Urgent interventions are needed to enhance physical education resources and sports facilities in schools to create healthier environments and reduce overweight/obesity prevalence among students, promoting lifelong habits of physical activity and improving health and well-being.
Authors
- Serge Brand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-2765)
- Ejaz Asghar
- Georgian Bădicu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4100-8765)
- Alexios Batrakoulis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0844-1284)
- Luca Paolo Ardigò (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7677-5070)
- Moazzam Tanveer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2358-2157)
- Yujun Cai
Institutions
- University of Thessaly (GR)
- University of Basel (CH)
- Shanghai University of Sport (CN)
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- Transylvania University of Brașov (RO)
- Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- NLA University College (NO)
- Health Services Academy (PK)
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Obesity
- Published
- 2025-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.13208
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 13.15