IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v12y2015i9p11848-11868d55996.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Temporal Trends in Overweight and Obesity, Physical Activity and Screen Time among Czech Adolescents from 2002 to 2014: A National Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study

Author

Listed:
  • Erik Sigmund

    (Institute of Active Lifestyle, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Tr. Miru 117, Olomouc 77111, Czech Republic)

  • Dagmar Sigmundová

    (Institute of Active Lifestyle, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Tr. Miru 117, Olomouc 77111, Czech Republic
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Petr Badura

    (Institute of Active Lifestyle, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Tr. Miru 117, Olomouc 77111, Czech Republic
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Michal Kalman

    (Institute of Active Lifestyle, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Tr. Miru 117, Olomouc 77111, Czech Republic
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Zdenek Hamrik

    (Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Tr. Miru 117, Olomouc 77111, Czech Republic
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Jan Pavelka

    (Institute of Active Lifestyle, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Tr. Miru 117, Olomouc 77111, Czech Republic
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

This study examines trends in overweight and obesity, physical activity (PA) and screen time (ST) among Czech adolescents over a recent 12-year study period. Nationally representative samples consisted of 19,940 adolescents (9760 boys and 10,180 girls) aged 10.5–16.5 years from the Czech Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) questionnaire-based surveys conducted in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. Trends in the prevalence of overweight/obesity, meeting the recommendations for moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) (≥60 min per day of MVPA) and excessive ST (>2 h per day) were estimated using logistic regression. Significant increases ( p < 0.001) in the prevalence of overweight/obesity between the years 2002 and 2014 were evident for both adolescent boys (18.3% 2002 –24.8% 2014 ) and girls (8.3% 2002 –11.9% 2014 ). Compared to 2002, in 2014 significant decreases ( p < 0.001) in meeting MVPA recommendations were observed among boys (32.2% 2002 –25.6% 2014 ) and girls (23.2% 2002 –19.2% 2014 ). Moreover, in boys we observed significant increases ( p < 0.001) in excessive ST on weekdays (75.1% 2002 –88.8% 2014 ), as well as on weekends (78.3% 2002 –91.9% 2014 ) between the years 2002 and 2014. Increases in overweight/obesity with concomitant decreases in PA provide evidence in support of the current and upcoming efforts of government and commercial organizations in implementing interventions aimed at reducing excessive body weight among Czech adolescents.

Suggested Citation

  • Erik Sigmund & Dagmar Sigmundová & Petr Badura & Michal Kalman & Zdenek Hamrik & Jan Pavelka, 2015. "Temporal Trends in Overweight and Obesity, Physical Activity and Screen Time among Czech Adolescents from 2002 to 2014: A National Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-21, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:12:y:2015:i:9:p:11848-11868:d:55996
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/9/11848/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/9/11848/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Knai, Cecile & Suhrcke, Marc & Lobstein, Tim, 2007. "Obesity in Eastern Europe: An overview of its health and economic implications," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 5(3), pages 392-408, December.
    2. Candace Currie & Saoirse Nic Gabhainn & Emmanuelle Godeau, 2009. "The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children: WHO Collaborative Cross-National (HBSC) Study: origins, concept, history and development 1982–2008," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 54(2), pages 131-139, September.
    3. Fernanda Karina dos Santos & José A R Maia & Thayse Natacha Q F Gomes & Timóteo Daca & Aspacia Madeira & Peter T Katzmarzyk & António Prista, 2014. "Secular Trends in Growth and Nutritional Status of Mozambican School-Aged Children and Adolescents," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(12), pages 1-15, December.
    4. Erik Sigmund & Dagmar Sigmundová, 2013. "Longitudinal 2-Year Follow-up on the Effect of a Non-Randomised School-Based Physical Activity Intervention on Reducing Overweight and Obesity of Czech Children Aged 10–12 Years," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-17, August.
    5. Fernanda Karina Dos Santos & José A. R. Maia & Thayse Natacha Q. F. Gomes & Timóteo Daca & Aspacia Madeira & Albertino Damasceno & Peter T. Katzmarzyk & António Prista, 2014. "Secular Trends in Habitual Physical Activities of Mozambican Children and Adolescents from Maputo City," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-11, October.
    6. Chris Roberts & J. Freeman & O. Samdal & C. Schnohr & M. Looze & S. Nic Gabhainn & R. Iannotti & M. Rasmussen, 2009. "The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study: methodological developments and current tensions," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 54(2), pages 140-150, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Nielsen, Line & Koushede, Vibeke & Vinther-Larsen, Mathilde & Bendtsen, Pernille & Ersbøll, Annette Kjær & Due, Pernille & Holstein, Bjørn E., 2015. "Does school social capital modify socioeconomic inequality in mental health? A multi-level analysis in Danish schools," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 140(C), pages 35-43.
    2. Dagmar Sigmundová & Erik Sigmund & Jana Vokáčová & Jaroslava Kopčáková, 2014. "Parent-Child Associations in Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour on Weekdays and Weekends in Random Samples of Families in the Czech Republic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-19, July.
    3. Gabriel Fernandez de Grado & Virginie Ehlinger & Emmanuelle Godeau & Catherine Arnaud & Cathy Nabet & Nadia Benkirane-Jessel & Anne-Marie Musset & Damien Offner, 2021. "Changes in tooth brushing frequency and its associated factors from 2006 to 2014 among French adolescents: Results from three repeated cross sectional HBSC studies," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(3), pages 1-12, March.
    4. Bíró, Éva & Dezső, Dóra & Sándor, János & Ádány, Róza, 2018. "Inequalities in Hungarian adolescents' health, health behaviour and well-being, based upon the results of a cross-sectional survey at settlement level, using the Health Behaviour in School-aged Childr," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 15-20.
    5. Marina Carvalho & Cátia Branquinho & Margarida Gaspar Matos, 2021. "Cyberbullying and Bullying: Impact on Psychological Symptoms and Well-Being," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 14(1), pages 435-452, February.
    6. Candace Currie & Dorothy Currie & Leonardo Menchini & Chris Roberts & Dominic Richardson, 2011. "Comparing Inequality in the Well-being of Children in Economically Advanced Countries: A methodology," Papers inwopa651, Innocenti Working Papers.
    7. Trine Pedersen & Bjørn Holstein & Bjarne Laursen & Mette Rasmussen, 2015. "Main meal frequency measures in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study: agreement with 7-day 24-h recalls," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 60(8), pages 945-952, December.
    8. Nathalie Moreau & András Költő & Honor Young & Florence Maillochon & Emmanuelle Godeau, 2019. "Negative feelings about the timing of first sexual intercourse: findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 64(2), pages 219-227, March.
    9. Alberto Borraccino & Rebecca Pera & Patrizia Lemma, 2019. "“What being healthy means to me”: A qualitative analysis uncovering the core categories of adolescents’ perception of health," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(6), pages 1-11, June.
    10. Aarestrup, Anne Kristine & Jørgensen, Thea Suldrup & Due, Pernille & Krølner, Rikke, 2014. "A six-step protocol to systematic process evaluation of multicomponent cluster-randomised health promoting interventions illustrated by the Boost study," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 58-71.
    11. David S. Evans & Anne O’Farrell & Aishling Sheridan & Paul Kavanagh, 2023. "Social Connectedness and Smoking among Adolescents in Ireland: An Analysis of the Health Behaviour in Schoolchildren Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(9), pages 1-11, April.
    12. Jaroslava Voráčová & Erik Sigmund & Dagmar Sigmundová & Michal Kalman, 2016. "Family Affluence and the Eating Habits of 11- to 15-Year-Old Czech Adolescents: HBSC 2002 and 2014," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-11, October.
    13. Timo-Kolja Pförtner & Bart Clercq & Michela Lenzi & Alessio Vieno & Katharina Rathmann & Irene Moor & Anne Hublet & Michal Molcho & Anton Kunst & Matthias Richter, 2015. "Does the association between different dimension of social capital and adolescent smoking vary by socioeconomic status? a pooled cross-national analysis," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 60(8), pages 901-910, December.
    14. Lucia Bosakova & Peter Kolarcik & Daniela Bobakova & Martina Sulcova & Jitse P. Dijk & Sijmen A. Reijneveld & Andrea Madarasova Geckova, 2016. "Test–retest reliability of the scale of participation in organized activities among adolescents in the Czech Republic and Slovakia," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 61(3), pages 329-336, April.
    15. De Clercq, B. & Vyncke, V. & Hublet, A. & Elgar, F.J. & Ravens-Sieberer, U. & Currie, C. & Hooghe, M. & Ieven, A. & Maes, L., 2012. "Social capital and social inequality in adolescents’ health in 601 Flemish communities: A multilevel analysis," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 74(2), pages 202-210.
    16. Cavaco, Sandra & Eriksson, Tor & Skalli, Ali, 2014. "Life cycle development of obesity and its determinants in six European countries," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 14(C), pages 62-78.
    17. Lorena Charrier & Paola Berchialla & Paola Dalmasso & Alberto Borraccino & Patrizia Lemma & Franco Cavallo, 2019. "Cigarette Smoking and Multiple Health Risk Behaviors: A Latent Class Regression Model to Identify a Profile of Young Adolescents," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 39(8), pages 1771-1782, August.
    18. Eiji Yamamura, 2012. "Influence of body image in urbanized areas: differences in long-term changes in teenage body mass index between boys and girls in Japan," Journal of Bioeconomics, Springer, vol. 14(3), pages 243-256, October.
    19. Gerry Redmond & Irene García-Moya & Carmen Moreno & Anna Mooney & Fiona Brooks, 2022. "Gender Differences in the Relationship between Pressure from Schoolwork and Health Complaints: a Three Country Study," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 15(3), pages 763-780, June.
    20. Aliaksandr Amialchuk & Kateryna Bornukova & Mir M. Ali, 2018. "Will a Decline in Smoking Increase Body Weights? Evidence from Belarus," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 44(2), pages 190-210, April.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:12:y:2015:i:9:p:11848-11868:d:55996. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.