Self-reported physical activity in comparison with anthropometric body fat indicators in school children
Keywords:
motor activity, anthropometry, body composition, food habits, obesity, child, Colombia
Abstract
Introduction. Obesity is a public health problem associated with physical inactivity.Objective. Autoreported physical activity was related with anthropometric indicators of body fat in a group of school children.
Materials and methods. The descriptive, cross-sectional study that included 1,593 children aged 10 to 14 years from Bogotá and five provinces of central and eastern Colombia. Body weight, height, arm circumference and triceps skinfold were measured. Data on leisure time physical activity and type of activity were obtained by interview of each participant.
Results. The proportion of children reporting no leisure time physical activity was high (19% in Bogotá, 28% in the central-eastern areas). Low physical activity was characteristically higher in girls and associated with public schools (in contrast with private schools). Physical activity was not associated with anthropometric indicators.
Conclusions. The lack of association between physical activity and body adiposity may be due to the method of inquiry where the physical activity being reported was insufficient to induce changes in body composition. Additional studies are necessary that evaluate in greater detail the frequency, intensity and duration of physical activity to provide more definitive conclusions. However, the higher prevalence of inactivity in girls and the differences by type school constitute causes for concern.
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2. Koch B, Dordel S, Schindler-Marlow S, Icks A, Schuller A, et al. Physical activity, leisure habits and obesity in first-grade children. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2004;4:284-90.
3. Goran MI, Treuth MS. Energy expenditure, physical activity, and obesity in children. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2001;4:931-53.
4. World Health Organization. Obesity: Preventing and managing the global epidemic. Report of a WHO Consultation on Obesity. Geneva: WHO; 1997.
5. Sidhu S, Marwah G, Prabhjot. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among the affluent adolescent school children of Amritsar, Punjab. Coll Antropol. 2005;29:53-5.
6. Fredriks AM, Van Buuren S, Sing RA, Wit JM, Verloove-Vanhorick SP. Alarming prevalences of overweight and obesity for children of Turkish, Moroccan and Dutch origin in The Netherlands according to international standards. Acta Paediatr. 2005;94:496-8.
7. Magnusson MB, Hulthen L, Kjellgren KI. Obesity, dietary pattern and physical activity among children in a suburb with a high proportion of immigrants. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2005;18:187-94.
8. Vargas LA. Obesidad, consenso. Mexico D.F: Editorial McGraw-Hill Interamericana; 2002.
9. Cole TJ, Bellizzi MC, Flegal KM, Dietz WH. Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey. BMJ. 2000;320:1240-3.
10. Duperly J. Obesidad, enfoque integral. Bogotá: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Rosario; 2000. p. 17-21, 69,133.
11. Peña M, Bacallao J. La obesidad en la pobreza. Un nuevo reto para la salud pública. Publicación científica Nº 576. Washington D.C.: OPS; 2000. p. 3-11.
12. Ribeiro J, Guerra S, Pinto A, Oliveira J, Duarte J, Mota J. Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: relationship with blood pressure, and physical activity. Ann Hum Biol. 2003;30:203-13.
13. Magnusson MB, Hulthen L, Kjellgren KI. Obesity, dietary pattern and physical activity among children in a suburb with a high proportion of immigrants. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2005;18:187-94.
14. Stamatakis E, Primatesta P, Chinn S, Rona R, Falascheti E. Overweight and obesity trends from 1974 to 2003 in English children: what is the role of socioeconomic factors? Arch Dis Child. 2005;90:999-1004.
15. Rennie KL, Livingstone MB, Wells JC, McGloin A, Coward WA, Prentice AM, et al. Association of physical activity with body-composition indexes in children aged 6-8 y at varied risk of obesity. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005;82:13-20.
16. Giugliano R, Carneiro EC. Factors associated with obesity in school children. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2004;80:17-22.
17. Hernández B, Gortmaker SL, Colditz GA, Peterson KE, Laird NM, Parra-Cabrera S. Association of obesity with physical activity, television programs and other forms of video viewing among children in Mexico city. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1999;23:845-54.
18. Summerbell CD, Waters E, Edmunds LD, Kelly S, Brown T, Campbell KJ. Interventions for preventing obesity in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005;20:CD001871.
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20. Going S, Thompson J, Cano S, Stewart D, Stone E, Harnack L, et al. The effects of the Pathways Obesity Prevention Program on physical activity in American Indian children. Prev Med. 2003;37:S62-9.
21. Batch JA, Baur LA. Management and prevention of obesity and its complications in children and adolescents. Med J Aust. 2005;182:130-5.
22. Sothern MS. Obesity prevention in children: physical activity and nutrition. Nutrition. 2004;20:704-8.
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24. Molnar D, Livingstone B. Physical activity in relation to overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. Eur J Pediatr. 2000;159 (Supl.1):S45-55.
25. IPAQ Core Group. Cuestionario internacional de actividad física. IPAQ: formato corto autoadministrado de los últimos 7 días. [Consultado: marzo de 2001]. Disponible en: http://www.ipaq.ki.se/doc/ArgentIQshself. pdf.
26. Al-Hazzaa HM. Health-enhancing physical activity among Saudi adults using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Public Health Nutr. 2007; 10:59-64.
27. Hagströmer M, Oja P, Sjöström M. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ): a study of concurrent and construct validity. Public Health Nutr. 2006;9:755-62.
28. Gómez LF, Duperly J, Lucumí DI, Gámez R, Venegas AS. Physical activity levels in adults living in Bogotá (Colombia): prevalence and associated factors. Gac Sanit. 2005;19:206-13.
29. Rey de Serra T. Manual para estandarización en mediciones antropométricas. Bogotá: ICBF; 1998.
30. Rosner B, Prineas R, Loggie J, Daniels SR. Percentiles for body mass index in U.S. children 5 to 17 years of age. J Pediatr. 1998;132:211-22.
31. Hernández A. Obesidad y sobrepeso en población estudiantil costarricense entre los 8 y 17 años. Rev Costarric Cienc Med. 2003;24;3-4.
32. Frisancho AR. Triceps skin fold and upper arm muscle size norms for assessment of nutritional status. Am J Clin Nutr. 1974;27:1052-8.
33. Frisancho AR. New norms of upper limb fat and muscle areas for assessment of nutritional status. Am J Clin Nutr. 1981;34:2540-5.
34. Voorhoeve HW. A new reference for the mid-upper arm circunference? J Trop Pediatr.1990;36:256-62.
35. Dos Santos F, Salvador M. Anthropometric, body composition and physical activity of students. Rev Bras Cineantropom Desempenho Hum. 2005;1:21.
36. Samur A, Urteaga R, Rebolledo A, Delfín C, Ramos H. Patrones alimentarios y de actividad física en escolares de la región de Aysén. Rev Chil Pediatr. 1999;6:483-90.
37. Hedley AA, Ogden CL, Johnson CL, Carroll MD, Curtin LR, Flegal KM. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among US children, adolescents, and adults, 1999-2002. JAMA. 2004;291:2847-50.
38. Lobstein T, Baur L, Uauy R, IASO International Obesity TaskForce. Obesity in children and young people: a crisis in public health. Obes Rev. 2004;5 (Supl.1):4-104.
39. Møller NC, Kristensen PL, Wedderkopp N, Andersen LB, Froberg K. Objectively measured habitual physical activity in 1997/1998 vs 2003/2004 in Danish children: The European Youth Heart Study. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2008 Feb 17; [Epub ahead of print].
40. World Health Organization. The World Health Report 2002. Reducing risks, promoting health life. Geneve: OMS; 2002. [Consultado: noviembre de 2005]. Disponible en: http://www.who.int/entity/whr/2002/en/ whr02_en.pdf.
41. Pucciarelli H, Carnese F, Pinotti L, Guimarey M. Sexual dimorphism in schoolchildren of the Villa IAPI neighborhood (Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina). Am J Phys Anthropol. 1993;92:165-72.
42. Ranieri J, Oyhenart E, Rodrigo M. Influencia de la nutrición sobre la diferenciación sexual. Rev Argent Antropol Biol. 1999;2:123-34.
43. López M, Espinosa I, Coromoto M, Contreras N. Maduración temprana: factor de riesgo de obesidad durante la pubertad. Arch Lat Nutr. 1999;49:12-9.
44. Bolzán A, Guimarey L. Composición corporal y prevalencia estandarizada de desnutrición en niños de 6 a 12 años de edad, La Costa, Argentina. Rev Bras Saude Matern Infant. 2003;3:253-63.
45. Guillaume M, Lapidus L, Bjorntorp P, Lambert A. Physical activity, obesity, and cardiovascular risk factors in children. The Belgian Luxembourg Child Study II. Obes Res. 1997;5:549-56.
46. Yoshioka M, Doucet E, St-Pierre S, Alméras N, Richard D, Labrie A, et al. Impact of high-intensity exercise on energy expenditure, lipid oxidation and body fatness. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2001;25:332-9.
47. Dionne I, Alméras N, Bouchard C, Tremblay A. The association between vigorous physical activities and fat deposition in male adolescents. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2000;32:392-5.
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Poveda E, Giraldo D, Forero Y, Mendivil C. Self-reported physical activity in comparison with anthropometric body fat indicators in school children. biomedica [Internet]. 2008 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 May 10];28(3):386-95. Available from: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/76
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