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Table 2 Weekend Day (WE) vs Weekday (WD) evidence supporting the Structured Days Hypothesis (SDH) in elementary school-aged children

From: Understanding differences between summer vs. school obesogenic behaviors of children: the structured days hypothesis

Obesogenic Behavior

Structured Days Hypothesis (SDH)

Number of Studies:

References

SEARCH

EXCLUDED

USA STUDIES (INTERNATIONAL STUDIES)

Different population

WE vs. WD not reported

Foreign language

Total Excluded

TOTAL INCLUDED

FOR SDH

AGAINST SDHb

Statistical Test

No Test

Statistical Test

No Test

Statistical Test

No Test

Physical Activity

Lower levels of PA during WE vs. WD

339

171

70

7

248

15 (49)

3 (24)

13 (39)

2 (20)

2 (10)

1 (4)

[29, 36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53, 55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120]

Sedentary/Screen Time a

More sedentary/screen time during WE vs. WD

256

126

62

6

194

6 (29)

5 (22)

6 (22)

3 (16)

0 (7)

2 (6)

[30, 39, 46, 47, 63, 65, 67, 72, 73, 77, 79, 89, 93,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95, 99,100,101, 103, 104, 106, 108, 111, 112, 115, 121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149]

Sleep

Later bed/wake time during WE vs. WD

133

73

31

7

111

0 (0)

6 (16)

0 (0)

6 (16)

0 (0)

0 (0)

[153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167,168,169,170,171,172,173,174]

Diet

Consume unhealthy foods/beverages more frequently during WE vs. WD

139

84

35

5

125

8 (7)

0 (0)

9 (4)

0 (0)

0 (3)

0 (0)

[34, 68, 113, 128, 175,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167,168,169,170,171,172,173,174,175,176,177,178,179,180,181,182,183,184,185]

Subtotal of Studies – USA (International)

29 (85)

14 (62)

27 (65)

11 (52)

2 (20)

3 (10)

 

Total Number of Studies

867

454

198

25

677

190

155

35

 
  1. aCombined results of two separate literature searches completed for sedentary* and screen*
  2. bReported statistical outcome either null or in opposite direction (p-value 0.05)