National Institute for Health Development

Device-Measured Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Cardiometabolic Risk Markers in Youth

Importance The evidence for benefits of higher physical activity and lower sedentary time on the cardiometabolic risk profile in youth is based on cross-sectional and small prospective studies. Objective To determine the prospective associations between device-measured physical a...

Patterns of screen use and off-screen activities among children and adolescents and their associations with mental health

Despite the great number of studies about the association between adolescents’ screen use and mental health, the underlying mechanisms of the link are not well understood. According to the displacement hypothesis, excessive screen use may negatively affect children's development...