Health-related physical fitness and weight status in 13- to 15-year-old Latino adolescents. A pooled analysis

García-Hermoso, António; Correa-Bautista, Jorge Enrique; Olloquequi, Jordi; Ramírez‐Vélez, Robinson

doi:10.1016/j.jped.2018.04.002

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“…In fact, a previous meta-analysis investigating whether grip strength changed on average over recent decades in children and adolescents versus adults in Canada and the US found that grip strength in children and adolescents are weaker and slower than previous generations [ 15 ]. Similar trends have been reported for American young people [ 16 ], English children [ 17 ], Spanish adolescents [ 18 ], and Latin American adolescents [ 4 ]. Since muscular strength have emerged as important mechanisms involved in the development and progression of NAFLD, we hypothesized that grip strength might moderate the positive association between anthropometric/body composition indicators and NAFLD in children and adolescents.…”

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“…Muscular fitness is a global term that includes the phenotypes or observable characteristics of muscular strength, muscular power, and local muscular endurance [ 4 ]. In general, muscular fitness (determined using a grip dynamometer in this study) seems more positively associated with mobility impairment and long-term mortality [ 5 ], but is less commonly measured in clinical practice that other physical performance as isotonic or isoinertial methods.…”

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Grip Strength Moderates the Association between Anthropometric and Body Composition Indicators and Liver Fat in Youth with an Excess of Adiposity

Ramírez‐Vélez

Izquierdo

Correa-Bautista

et al. 2018

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Paediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is considered the most common early driver of chronic liver disease. The aim of this study was to examine whether grip strength moderates the association between anthropometric and body composition parameters and controlled attenuation parameter (CAP), an indicator of fat deposits in the liver, in children and adolescents with excess of adiposity. A total of 127 adolescents (67% girls) aged between 11 and 17, attending two public schools in Bogotá (Colombia), who had an axiological evaluation of obesity were included in this study. A grip strength test was assessed as an indicator of muscular strength, and cardiorespiratory fitness by maximal oxygen uptake was assessed using the 20 m shuttle-run test. Waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), fat mass, and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) (cm3) were included as anthropometric and body composition measures. CAP was determined with a FibroScan® 502 Touch device (Echosens, Paris, France). The anthropometric and body composition parameters including WC, WHtR, fat mass, and VAT were positively associated with the CAP (range β = 0.423 to 0.580), slightly reduced after being adjusted for handgrip strength/weight. The Johnson-Neyman technique revealed a significant inverse relationship between WC, WHtR, VAT, and CAP when grip strength normalized by body mass was above but not equal to or below 0.475 (8.1% of the sample), 0.469 (8.9% of the sample), and 0.470 (8.5% of the sample), respectively. In conclusion, grip strength adjusted by body mass, has a moderating effect on the association between anthropometric and body composition parameters (including WC, WHtR, and VAT) and CAP in in children and adolescents with excess of adiposity, suggesting the importance of promoting muscular strength during paediatric population in order to prevent NAFLD.

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Grip Strength Moderates the Association between Anthropometric and Body Composition Indicators and Liver Fat in Youth with an Excess of Adiposity

Ramírez‐Vélez

Izquierdo

Correa-Bautista

et al. 2018

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“…Participants were considered eligible for this study if they were aged 13.0–15.0 years (grades 8–9), and maximal effort exercise was not contraindicated. The complete methodology of this study is described in detail [12].…”

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Cut-Points are Related to Body Adiposity Parameters in Latin American Adolescents

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Background and Objectives: A deficiency exists in the criterion-referenced cut-points for field-based cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in Latin American youths. The aims of the present study were two-fold: (1) To identify the ability of CRF estimated by the 20-m shuttle-run test (20mSRT) to differentiate between “healthy” and “unhealthy” phenotypes (by adiposity) in adolescents; (2) to assess the association between obesity and relative peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) in a large and diverse sample of Latin American youths. In total, 72,505 adolescents aged between 13 and 15 years were recruited from Chile and Colombia (47.5% girls). Materials and Methods: The waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were used to identify body adiposity markers. CRF was measured using the 20mSRT (VO2peak). Receiver operating characteristic curves and logistic regression were used to determine the discriminatory ability of CRF to predict body adiposity parameters. Results: For boys and girls, VO2peak showed a significant predictive capacity to detect body fat (area under the curve [AUC] > 0.62). The sensitivity of VO2peak was medium (>63%) for all age- and sex-specific cut-points, with optimal cut-points in 13- to 15-year olds for obesity identified as 43.77 mL·kg−1·min−1 and 38.53 mL·kg−1·min−1 in boys and girls, respectively. Conclusions: According to these cut-points, adolescents with low CRF were more likely to be obese either by WC or WHtR. The CRF cut-points can be used as quantitative markers for a healthier body in Latin American adolescents.

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“…Previous studies found that BMI had a negative influence on fitness test performance, especially in the parameters requiring quick movements and body displacement [6][7][8]. Few studies reported a linear relationship between BMI and fitness [9,10], whereas others found a nonlinear relationship among them [8,11]. Generally, previous studies researched the relationship between excess body weight and physical fitness.…”

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Association between Weight Status and Physical Fitness in Chinese Mainland Children and Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study

Mao-rong

Wang

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Background: The increasing prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents is a major public health challenge worldwide. This study examined the relationship between physical fitness and BMI spanning the range from underweight to obese among Chinese mainland children and adolescents. Methods: Participants were 22,681 children and adolescents (11,300 boys and 11,381 girls) aged 10–18 years from the Chinese mainland. Weight status was classified as underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese using WHO 2007 standards. Physical fitness parameters such as cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max), lower body explosive strength (standing broad jump), upper body explosive strength (handgrip strength), abdominal muscular endurance (sit-ups in 30 s), flexibility (sit-and-reach), and agility (repeat bestride (20 s)) were assessed. Results: There was a significant association between weight status categories and physical fitness in all age groups and sex (plinear < 0.001, pquadratic < 0.001). Underweight adolescents performed better in lower limb strength, flexibility, agility, and cardiorespiratory fitness than their obese peers, but worse in upper limb strength. Underweight boys aged 10–11 and 12–13 years and girls aged 10–11 years showed significantly (p < 0.05) high odds of meeting a low physical fitness index. Obese adolescents have high odds of meeting a low physical fitness index with age. Conclusion: The present study showed a nonlinear relationship between weight status and physical fitness. Children and adolescents who were classified as underweight or obese had poorer physical fitness than their normal-weight peers.

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Health-related physical fitness and weight status in 13- to 15-year-old Latino adolescents. A pooled analysis

Cited by 24 publications

References 28 publications

Grip Strength Moderates the Association between Anthropometric and Body Composition Indicators and Liver Fat in Youth with an Excess of Adiposity

Grip Strength Moderates the Association between Anthropometric and Body Composition Indicators and Liver Fat in Youth with an Excess of Adiposity

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Cut-Points are Related to Body Adiposity Parameters in Latin American Adolescents

Association between Weight Status and Physical Fitness in Chinese Mainland Children and Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study

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