Outdoor Activity Prevalence and Correlates Among School-Aged Children in Beijing, 2024

Liyu Huang's study provides baseline data from a 2024 cohort survey on sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and outdoor activity among school-aged children in Beijing. The analysis includes 3,370 children with complete data, reporting an 82.9% prevalence of insufficient outdoor activity. The dataset likely contains correlates such as residential location, grade, weight status, beverage consumption, and caregiver activity levels.

Use Cases

• Modeling risk factors for insufficient outdoor activity based on demographic and caregiver-related variables mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing subgroup heterogeneity in activity levels across residential area, gender, and grade as described in the results.
• Informing targeted intervention strategies based on identified population-specific associated factors like caregiver activity duration.

Strengths

• Includes data from 3,370 school-aged children, providing a substantive sample size.
• Reports a specific prevalence figure of 82.9% for insufficient outdoor activity (< 2 h/day).
• Analysis identifies specific correlates such as residential location, grade, and caregiver activity.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is limited to a single metropolitan area (Beijing) and a specific time (Oct-Nov 2024), which may affect generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Liyu Huang via figshare.

Collection Method

Baseline survey from a sugar-sweetened beverage consumption behavior cohort conducted in primary and secondary schools.

Time Range

Baseline survey conducted from October to November 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 05:25:48; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Beijing, China.