Clustering of 24‐H Movement Behaviours and Its Associations With Eating Behaviours and Adiposity Among Mongolian Preschool Children: A Cross‐Sectional Study.
Background: Obesity‐related behaviours such as physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep, screen time and diet often cluster in children. There is limited evidence on the clustering of movement behaviours among young children from low‐ and middle‐income countries. This paper reports how 24‐h mov...
| Published in: | Child: Care, Health & Development Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 1 - 10 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2025
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