Journal article
Goldilocks Days: optimising children’s time use for health and well-being
D Dumuid, T Olds, K Lange, B Edwards, K Lycett, DP Burgner, P Simm, T Dwyer, H Le, M Wake
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2022
Abstract
Background One size rarely fits all in population health. Differing outcomes may compete for best allocations of time. Among children aged 11–12 years, we aimed to (1) describe optimal 24-hour time use for diverse physical, cognitive/academic and well-being outcomes, (2) pinpoint the’Goldilocks Day’ that optimises all outcomes and (3) develop a tool to customise time-use recommendations. Methods In 2004, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children recruited a nationally-representative cohort of 5107 infants with biennial follow-up waves. We used data from the cross-sectional Child Health CheckPoint module (2015–2016, n=1874, 11–12 years, 51% males). Time use was from 7-day 24-hour accelero..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (GNT1041352; GNT1109355; GNT1186123; GNT1162166 to DD; GNT1091124 to KLy; GNT1175744 to DPB; GNT1160906 to MW); the National Heart Foundation of Australia (100660; 102084 to DD; 101239 to KLy; The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation (2014-241); the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) (No award number available); The University of Melbourne (No award number available); the Financial Markets Foundation for Children (2014055, 2016-310); and the Australian Department of Social Services (DSS) (No award number available). Research at the MCRI is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program (No award number available). DD and TO are researchers in the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Driving Global Investment in Global Adolescent Health (GNT1171981).