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A simple assessment of physical activity is associated with obesity and motor fitness in pre-school children
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Bayer, Otmar Bolte, Gabriele Morlock, Gabriele Rückinger, Simon von Kries, Rüdiger |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Description | Objective: Physical activity is an important determinant of energy balance. However, its impact on overweight/obesity has proved difficult to measure in pre-school children and few studies have found significant associations. A set of simple questions was used to distinguish pre-school children with high and low physical activity, and the association of this classification with childhood overweight/obesity and performance in an established motor test was investigated.Design: Survey, cross-sectional.Setting and subjects: Weight and height were measured in 12 556 children taking part in the obligatory school entrance health examination 2004–5 and 2005–6 in three urban and three rural Bavarian regions. Their parents were asked to answer a questionnaire with a set of questions on physical activity.Results: The mean age of the children evaluated was 5·78 (sd 0·43) years, 6535 (52·1 %) were boys. Physically active children were less likely to be overweight (OR = 0·786, 95 % CI 0·687, 0·898) or obese (OR = 0·655, 95 % CI 0·506, 0·849) and achieved 6·7 (95 % CI 5·8, 7·7) % more jumps per 30 s than less active children in a motor test, adjusted for a number of potentially confounding variables.Conclusions: Classification of pre-school children as physically active or not, based on a small set of questions, revealed significant associations with overweight/obesity and a motor test. Once further validated, this classification might provide a valuable tool to assess the impact of physical activity on the risk of childhood overweight and obesity. |
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| Ending Page | 1247 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Starting Page | 1242 |
| ISSN | 13689800 |
| e-ISSN | 14752727 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1368980008003753 |
| Journal | Public Health Nutrition |
| Issue Number | 8 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2009-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Public Health Nutrition Physical Activity |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Nutrition and Dietetics Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
