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Combined Effect of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior on Abdominal Obesity in ELSA-Brasil Participants

Introduction: Abdominal obesity is a pattern of obesity that has been considered a public health problem. Physical activity is considered an important factor for the prevention of abdominal obesity. Increased time in sedentary behavior has been associated with negative health outcomes, including abd...

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Autores principales: de Araújo, Maiara do Espírito Santo Cerqueira, da Conceição Chagas de Almeida, Maria, Matos, Sheila Maria Alvim, de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca, Maria, Pitanga, Cristiano Penas Seara, Pitanga, Francisco José Gondim
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10418396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37569041
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20156501
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author de Araújo, Maiara do Espírito Santo Cerqueira
da Conceição Chagas de Almeida, Maria
Matos, Sheila Maria Alvim
de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca, Maria
Pitanga, Cristiano Penas Seara
Pitanga, Francisco José Gondim
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da Conceição Chagas de Almeida, Maria
Matos, Sheila Maria Alvim
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Pitanga, Cristiano Penas Seara
Pitanga, Francisco José Gondim
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description Introduction: Abdominal obesity is a pattern of obesity that has been considered a public health problem. Physical activity is considered an important factor for the prevention of abdominal obesity. Increased time in sedentary behavior has been associated with negative health outcomes, including abdominal obesity. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate which combination of leisure-time physical activity and sedentary behavior contributes most to the prevention of abdominal obesity in adults participating in ELSA-Brasil (Longitudinal Study of Adult Health). Methods: The study was cross-sectional and participants from the first follow-up of the ELSA-Brasil cohort (2012–2014) were analyzed. The independent variables were physical activity, assessed by IPAQ, and sedentary behavior, assessed by a standard questionnaire applied in ELSA-Brasil; the dependent variable was abdominal obesity, determined by waist circumference. The covariates analyzed were the following: age, education, binge drinking, smoking and menopause. The associations between the dependent variable and the independent variables were analyzed using logistic regression. The odds ratio with 95 CI% was estimated. Results: For men, the combinations were more significant when they were more physically active and spent less time on the sedentary behaviors analyzed, on both a weekday and a weekend day. For menopausal women, both younger and older, all associations of the combinations between sufficient leisure-time physical activity and little time spent in sedentary behaviors contributed to the prevention of abdominal obesity. In non-menopausal women, positive associations were observed in almost all combinations between leisure-time physical activity and sedentary behaviors, with some results that were not statistically significant among younger women. Conclusions: Our results showed that being sufficiently active and reducing the time spent in sedentary behavior was the combination that contributed the most to the prevention of abdominal obesity, both in men and women.
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spelling pubmed-104183962023-08-12 Combined Effect of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior on Abdominal Obesity in ELSA-Brasil Participants de Araújo, Maiara do Espírito Santo Cerqueira da Conceição Chagas de Almeida, Maria Matos, Sheila Maria Alvim de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca, Maria Pitanga, Cristiano Penas Seara Pitanga, Francisco José Gondim Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Introduction: Abdominal obesity is a pattern of obesity that has been considered a public health problem. Physical activity is considered an important factor for the prevention of abdominal obesity. Increased time in sedentary behavior has been associated with negative health outcomes, including abdominal obesity. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate which combination of leisure-time physical activity and sedentary behavior contributes most to the prevention of abdominal obesity in adults participating in ELSA-Brasil (Longitudinal Study of Adult Health). Methods: The study was cross-sectional and participants from the first follow-up of the ELSA-Brasil cohort (2012–2014) were analyzed. The independent variables were physical activity, assessed by IPAQ, and sedentary behavior, assessed by a standard questionnaire applied in ELSA-Brasil; the dependent variable was abdominal obesity, determined by waist circumference. The covariates analyzed were the following: age, education, binge drinking, smoking and menopause. The associations between the dependent variable and the independent variables were analyzed using logistic regression. The odds ratio with 95 CI% was estimated. Results: For men, the combinations were more significant when they were more physically active and spent less time on the sedentary behaviors analyzed, on both a weekday and a weekend day. For menopausal women, both younger and older, all associations of the combinations between sufficient leisure-time physical activity and little time spent in sedentary behaviors contributed to the prevention of abdominal obesity. In non-menopausal women, positive associations were observed in almost all combinations between leisure-time physical activity and sedentary behaviors, with some results that were not statistically significant among younger women. Conclusions: Our results showed that being sufficiently active and reducing the time spent in sedentary behavior was the combination that contributed the most to the prevention of abdominal obesity, both in men and women. MDPI 2023-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10418396/ /pubmed/37569041 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20156501 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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de Araújo, Maiara do Espírito Santo Cerqueira
da Conceição Chagas de Almeida, Maria
Matos, Sheila Maria Alvim
de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca, Maria
Pitanga, Cristiano Penas Seara
Pitanga, Francisco José Gondim
Combined Effect of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior on Abdominal Obesity in ELSA-Brasil Participants
title Combined Effect of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior on Abdominal Obesity in ELSA-Brasil Participants
title_full Combined Effect of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior on Abdominal Obesity in ELSA-Brasil Participants
title_fullStr Combined Effect of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior on Abdominal Obesity in ELSA-Brasil Participants
title_full_unstemmed Combined Effect of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior on Abdominal Obesity in ELSA-Brasil Participants
title_short Combined Effect of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior on Abdominal Obesity in ELSA-Brasil Participants
title_sort combined effect of leisure-time physical activity and sedentary behavior on abdominal obesity in elsa-brasil participants
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10418396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37569041
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20156501
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