SBRN’s Evidence-Based School-Related Sedentary Behaviour Recommendations
Symposium C3
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https://doi.org/10.14288/hfjc.v14i3.629Keywords:
Sedentary Behaviour, Screen Time, School-Aged Children, Adolescents, PolicyAbstract
Purpose: The purpose of this symposium is to release evidence-based school-related sedentary behaviour recommendations, as well as present the process used to develop these recommendations.
Description: Although several nations have released sedentary behaviour guidelines for school-aged children and youth, these all focus on recreational sedentary behaviour and explicitly exclude school- related sedentary behaviours (i.e., occurring during school hours [e.g., classroom, recess] or outside of school hours but within the control of the school [e.g., homework]). Therefore, there are no current evidence-based recommendations for appropriate types and amounts of school-related sedentary behaviour. The absence of guidelines has precluded the development of school policies related to sedentary behaviours, which have important implications for the health of children and youth. This is especially important given recent shifts to online learning in many jurisdictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. To address this knowledge gap, the Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SBRN) assembled an expert panel to develop evidence-based recommendations for school-related sedentary behaviours. The purpose of these recommendations is to provide guidance to teachers, administrators, and policy makers in order to improve the health of school-aged children and youth. This presentation will be the official release of these recommendations, as well as providing an overview of the development process.
Chair: Dr. Mark Tremblay, HALO Research Group, CHEO Research Institute. Title: Introduction to Symposium.
Presenter 1: Dr. Scott Rollo, HALO Research Group, CHEO Research Institute. Title: Existing Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Children and Youth: A Systematic Scoping Review.
Presenter 2: Dr. Nicholas Kuzik, HALO Research Group, CHEO Research Institute. Title: School-Related Sedentary Behaviours and Health Outcomes Among Children and Youth: A Systematic Review.
Presenter 3: Dr. Travis Saunders, Active Living Lab, University of Prince Edward Island. Title: SBRN School- Related Sedentary Behaviour Recommendations for Children and Youth.
Presenter 4: Dr. Wendy Huang, Hong Kong Baptist University. Title: Implications and Future Directions.
Results: The presentations in this symposium will provide an overview of previous sedentary behaviour recommendations for this age group (Presentation 1), results from a new systematic review examining the relationships between school-related sedentary behaviours and a range of health outcomes (Presentation 2), and unveil the recommendations themselves (Presentation 3).
Conclusions: These recommendations are likely to lead to the development of novel policies for school- related sedentary behaviour. This will have important implications for sedentary behaviour and screen time for school-aged children and youth.
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