Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity, BMI, and Waist Girth in 7- to 16-Year-Old Children and Adolescents

Hands, Beth; Parker, Helen

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“…Furthermore, physical activity outcomes were consistent with previous findings that the boys in the sample took more steps per day compared to girls [9,[15][16][17]. Boys had assessed and more engaged in neighborhood physical activity while girls participated in more passive activities like socializing, instead involved directly in physical activity [18].…”

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“…The averages detailed in the current study are most consistent with those reported in a large nationally representative sample of Malaysian children aged 7 to 12 years [9]. However, this sample of obese children was clearly more inactive when compared with other European studies, such as those from Ireland [15] and Greece [16] that have reported approximately 10000 to 13000 daily steps and was also less active than Australian obese children [17].…”

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Weekdays and Weekends Variation of Step Count in 9 to 11 Years Old Obese School Children

Wafa¹,

Aziz²,

Rahim³

2018

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A major health threat for children in the 21st century is physical inactivity in conjunction with the elevated prevalence of obesity. In Malaysia, low physical activity among children is a major concern. The objective of the study was to analyze the day to day variation of step count in a sample of obese children using the activPAL TM monitor. This was a cross sectional study conducted in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. The sample compromised 41 boys and 24 girls between the ages of 9-11 years. Number of steps was objectively measured using an activPAL TM accelerometer over a period of 4-7 days and had their height and weight measured.Mean step count from this sample of obese children was 8861 ± 3157steps. Steps per day were significantly higher for boys compared to girls (p=0.034). Obese children took significantly more steps at weekdays than on weekends (p=0.001).

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Weekdays and Weekends Variation of Step Count in 9 to 11 Years Old Obese School Children

Wafa¹,

Aziz²,

Rahim³

2018

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“…n Includes 48 studies (Ekelund et al 2004Andersen et al 2006;Duncan et al 2006Duncan et al , 2008Lohman et al 2006Lohman et al , 2008Ness et al 2007;Ortega et al 2007Ortega et al , 2010Stevens et al 2007;Hurtig-Wennlof et al 2007;Hands and Parker 2008;Hands et al 2009;Mark and Janssen 2009;Riddoch et al 2009;Steele et al 2009;Treuth et al 2009;Ferrar and Olds 2010;Martinez-Gomez et al 2010b;Owen et al 2010;Dollman et al 2010;Kelly et al 2010;Belcher et al 2010;Peart et al 2011;Holman et al 2011;…”

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Systematic review of the relationships between objectively measured physical activity and health indicators in school-aged children and youth

Poitras

Gray

Borghese

et al. 2016

Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.

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Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is essential for disease prevention and health promotion. Emerging evidence suggests other intensities of physical activity (PA), including light-intensity activity (LPA), may also be important, but there has been no rigorous evaluation of the evidence. The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the relationships between objectively measured PA (total and all intensities) and health indicators in school-aged children and youth. Online databases were searched for peer-reviewed studies that met the a priori inclusion criteria: population (apparently healthy, aged 5-17 years), intervention/exposure/comparator (volumes, durations, frequencies, intensities, and patterns of objectively measured PA), and outcome (body composition, cardiometabolic biomarkers, physical fitness, behavioural conduct/pro-social behaviour, cognition/academic achievement, quality of life/well-being, harms, bone health, motor skill development, psychological distress, self-esteem). Heterogeneity among studies precluded meta-analyses; narrative synthesis was conducted. A total of 162 studies were included (204 171 participants from 31 countries). Overall, total PA was favourably associated with physical, psychological/social, and cognitive health indicators. Relationships were more consistent and robust for higher (e.g., MVPA) versus lower (e.g., LPA) intensity PA. All patterns of activity (sporadic, bouts, continuous) provided benefit. LPA was favourably associated with cardiometabolic biomarkers; data were scarce for other outcomes. These findings continue to support the importance of at least 60 min/day of MVPA for disease prevention and health promotion in children and youth, but also highlight the potential benefits of LPA and total PA. All intensities of PA should be considered in future work aimed at better elucidating the health benefits of PA in children and youth.Key words: physical activity, body composition, cardiometabolic biomarkers, fitness, behavioural conduct, bone health, academic achievement, quality of life, well-being, children.Résumé : L'activité physique d'intensité moyenne à vigoureuse (« MVPA ») est essentielle à la prévention des maladies et à la promotion de la santé. D'après de récentes données, l'activité physique (« PA ») pratiquée à d'autres intensités telles que légères (« LPA ») s'avère aussi importante, mais il n'y a pas d'évaluation rigoureuse de ces faits. Cette analyse documentaire systématique a pour objectif d'examiner la relation entre l'activité physique mesurée objectivement (totale et à chacune des intensités) et des indicateurs de la santé chez des enfants et des jeunes d'âge scolaire. On a cherché dans des bases de données en ligne pour identifier des études révisées par des pairs et présentant a priori les critères d'inclusion suivants : population (apparemment en santé, sujets âgés de 5 à 17 ans), intervention/exposition/comparateur (volume, durée, fréquence, intensité et types de mesure objective de PA) et le résultat (composition c...

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“…Many studies have proven the hypothesis that lower PAL causes overweight and leads to an increase in the parameters of body composition and vice versa [26, 31-33, 37, 41, 42, 44-47], while one study did not record significant differences in the body composition in relation to PAL [30]. In two studies [34,36], active boys had higher bMI values, but in all parameters of functional abilities they were superior compared with the inactive group.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…To assess the level and intensity of PA, researchers used different equipment, like accelerometers [29,31,35,37,38] or pedometers [30], objectively measuring PAL, or less objective measures, like questionnaires [32, 38-40, 43, 45-47]. The system of calculating calorie consumption by the metabolic equivalent of task (METs), derived by questionnaires, was applied in two studies [31,32].…”

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Physical activity level has a great influence on the nutritional status of adolescents: a review article

Paravlić¹

2018

Hum Mov.

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Purpose. The aim of the review was to investigate the relationship between physical activity level (PAL) and nutritional status (NS) in adolescents. Methods. Seven electronic databases were searched for research from the years 2005-2015. The studies must have mentioned the relationship between PAL and NS parameters in adolescents. After the review of abstracts and articles, 22 papers meeting the required criteria were further analysed in detail.Results. The studies included 31,045 subjects of both sexes. The results showed that smaller PAL led to an increase of NS parameters and vice versa. Comparing the total PAL, the total time spent in moderately vigorous physical activity, and the total time of vigorous PA (VPA), only VPA was a significant predictor of the responders' percentage of fat mass. Reducing the activity by 10 MET on the weekly level was associated with an increase in bMI in girls for 0.11 kg/m 2 , while an increase of the activity by 1 hour per week resulted in a decline in bMI by 0.13 kg/m 2 . Conclusions. Total PAL has a significant correlation with NS in adolescents. This relationship is inverse, which means that more active adolescents are less overweight than their less active and/or inactive counterparts and vice versa. In addition to PAL, the character or intensity of physical activity has a significant impact on bMI. Physical activity of higher intensity influenced the reduction of body weight and fat mass more than activity of the same duration but of moderate intensity.

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Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity, BMI, and Waist Girth in 7- to 16-Year-Old Children and Adolescents

Cited by 33 publications

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Weekdays and Weekends Variation of Step Count in 9 to 11 Years Old Obese School Children

Weekdays and Weekends Variation of Step Count in 9 to 11 Years Old Obese School Children

Systematic review of the relationships between objectively measured physical activity and health indicators in school-aged children and youth

Physical activity level has a great influence on the nutritional status of adolescents: a review article

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