Huang, Su-Fen, Duan, Hui-Ying · Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023 · DOI
This study looked at whether exercise, extracurricular activities, and screen time affect tiredness in young children in Taiwan. Researchers found that children who exercised regularly and varied their activities felt less tired, while children who used screens out of boredom or did too many after-school activities felt more tired. The findings suggest that balanced exercise and limited screen time may help reduce fatigue in preschoolers.
Understanding modifiable lifestyle factors—particularly exercise patterns and screen exposure—that influence fatigue in young children may inform early intervention strategies relevant to ME/CFS prevention and management. This research highlights the potential protective role of structured, varied physical activity during critical developmental periods when fatigue symptoms may first emerge.
This cross-sectional study cannot establish causality; it shows only associations between activities and reported fatigue. The study does not distinguish true ME/CFS (which has specific diagnostic criteria) from general childhood fatigue or tiredness. Parental reporting may be subject to recall bias and does not constitute medical diagnosis or objective assessment of post-exertional malaise.
About the PEM badge: “PEM required” means post-exertional malaise was an explicit required diagnostic criterion for participant inclusion in this study — not that PEM was studied, observed, or discussed. Studies using criteria that do not require PEM (e.g. Fukuda, Oxford) are tagged “PEM not required”. How the atlas works →
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Primary citation
Huang, Su-Fen & Duan, Hui-Ying (2023). Study on Sports, Extracurricular Activities, Electronic Device Usage Factors Associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Taiwanese Preschoolers.. Children (Basel, Switzerland). https://doi.org/10.3390/children10081278
BibTeX
@article{mecfsatlas-huang-2023-study-sports,
author = {Huang, Su-Fen and Duan, Hui-Ying},
title = {Study on Sports, Extracurricular Activities, Electronic Device Usage Factors Associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Taiwanese Preschoolers.},
journal = {Children (Basel, Switzerland)},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.3390/children10081278},
note = {PubMed: 37628277},
url = {https://www.mecfsatlas.com/evidence/huang-2023-study-sports},
}Atlas snapshot reference
ME/CFS Atlas. Generator v1 / Scanner v1.4 / policy v0.1. Accessed 2026-05-29. https://www.mecfsatlas.com/evidence/huang-2023-study-sports
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