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Exploring Sedentary Time Of Rural Children During Structured Versus Less-Structured Days, Serina Rayan
Exploring Sedentary Time Of Rural Children During Structured Versus Less-Structured Days, Serina Rayan
Honors Undergraduate Theses
The purpose of this study is to examine rural children's sedentary time during school days vs non-school days Currently, childhood obesity research has focused predominantly on urban-dwelling children. However, existing literature indicates that rural children have higher rates of obesity than their urban counterparts. There is a current lack of evidence investigating the obesogenic behaviors of rural children, such as physical activity levels, sleep duration, sedentary behaviors and diet. With this project, I aim to observe sedentary time (time spent sitting, screen time etc.) as research has shown that independent of physical activity, sedentary time is associated with weight gain. …