Delivery of Orange Sweet Potato (OSP) in Uganda

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dc.creatorBall, Anna-Marie
dc.creatorLow, Jan W.
dc.date2014
dc.date2024-08-01T02:56:35Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:56:35Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:30:38Z
dc.descriptionTime spent in sedentary behavior is largely due to time spent engaged with electronic screen media. Little is known about the extent to which sedentary behaviors for children with autism spectrum disorder differ from typically developing children. We used parental report to assess and compare time spent in sedentary behaviors for 53 children with autism spectrum disorder and 58 typically developing children aged 3–11 years. We also determined how sedentary behavior was related to child weight status (body mass index z-score). Overall, children with autism spectrum disorder spent an hour more in sedentary behaviors on weekdays compared to typically developing children (5.2 vs 4.2 h, p = 0.03), and most of this difference was due to screen time. The age- and sex-adjusted estimate of weekday total daily screen time was 1.6 h (typically developing) compared to 2.5 h (autism spectrum disorder, p = 0.004 for difference). A significant relationship between BMI z-score and total sedentary behavior time on weekend days was observed among young children with ASD, but not among TD children. The modest association between weekend sedentary behaviour time and BMI z-score among children with ASD suggests that sedentary behaiour is linked to relative weight status in these children. Further research is needed to confirm these findings and identify causal pathways.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151310
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/106493
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBall, Anna-Marie and Low, Jan. 2014. Delivery of Orange Sweet Potato (OSP) in Uganda. Biofortification Progress Brief 29. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151310
dc.subjectsweet potatoes
dc.subjectbiofortification
dc.subjectretinol
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectorange-fleshed sweet potatoes
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.titleDelivery of Orange Sweet Potato (OSP) in Uganda
dc.typeBrief

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