Cargando…

Body Image Quality of Life Related to Light Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among Young Adults with Overweight/Obesity

Sedentary behaviors, low levels of physical activity (PA), and low body image quality of life have been identified during college years and associated with poor health outcomes. Public health efforts have recently focused on decreasing sedentary time by increasing light physical activity, both of wh...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Faro, Jamie M., Whiteley, Jessica A., Hayman, Laura L., Napolitano, Melissa A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8389257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34436101
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs11080111
_version_ 1783742818423930880
author Faro, Jamie M.
Whiteley, Jessica A.
Hayman, Laura L.
Napolitano, Melissa A.
author_facet Faro, Jamie M.
Whiteley, Jessica A.
Hayman, Laura L.
Napolitano, Melissa A.
author_sort Faro, Jamie M.
collection PubMed
description Sedentary behaviors, low levels of physical activity (PA), and low body image quality of life have been identified during college years and associated with poor health outcomes. Public health efforts have recently focused on decreasing sedentary time by increasing light physical activity, both of which have been associated with body image quality of life, though mainly through self-report. In this cross-sectional study, we examined objective actigraphy and survey data from 404 of 459 young adults with overweight and obesity (mean age 23.3 ± 4.4 years, 78.4% female, 55.4% white). PA was measured using an accelerometer worn during waking hours for >10 h/day for four days. Body image quality of life was assessed using the Body Image Quality of Life Inventory Scale. Body image was positively correlated with light PA (r = 0.15) and inversely correlated with BMI (Pearson’s r = −0.20) and sedentary time (r = −0.10), but not moderate PA, vigorous PA, or MVPA. Light PA and sedentary time were significantly inversely correlated (r = −0.38). When controlling for covariates, higher body image quality of life was significantly associated with higher levels of light PA (β = 0.39; p < 0.01) and lower sedentary time (β = −0.39; p = 0.02). Participants with lower body image quality of life enrolled in weight loss interventions may benefit from prescriptions of light PA in conjunction with decreasing sedentary behaviors.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8389257
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-83892572021-08-27 Body Image Quality of Life Related to Light Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among Young Adults with Overweight/Obesity Faro, Jamie M. Whiteley, Jessica A. Hayman, Laura L. Napolitano, Melissa A. Behav Sci (Basel) Article Sedentary behaviors, low levels of physical activity (PA), and low body image quality of life have been identified during college years and associated with poor health outcomes. Public health efforts have recently focused on decreasing sedentary time by increasing light physical activity, both of which have been associated with body image quality of life, though mainly through self-report. In this cross-sectional study, we examined objective actigraphy and survey data from 404 of 459 young adults with overweight and obesity (mean age 23.3 ± 4.4 years, 78.4% female, 55.4% white). PA was measured using an accelerometer worn during waking hours for >10 h/day for four days. Body image quality of life was assessed using the Body Image Quality of Life Inventory Scale. Body image was positively correlated with light PA (r = 0.15) and inversely correlated with BMI (Pearson’s r = −0.20) and sedentary time (r = −0.10), but not moderate PA, vigorous PA, or MVPA. Light PA and sedentary time were significantly inversely correlated (r = −0.38). When controlling for covariates, higher body image quality of life was significantly associated with higher levels of light PA (β = 0.39; p < 0.01) and lower sedentary time (β = −0.39; p = 0.02). Participants with lower body image quality of life enrolled in weight loss interventions may benefit from prescriptions of light PA in conjunction with decreasing sedentary behaviors. MDPI 2021-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8389257/ /pubmed/34436101 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs11080111 Text en © 2021 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/).
spellingShingle Article
Faro, Jamie M.
Whiteley, Jessica A.
Hayman, Laura L.
Napolitano, Melissa A.
Body Image Quality of Life Related to Light Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among Young Adults with Overweight/Obesity
title Body Image Quality of Life Related to Light Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among Young Adults with Overweight/Obesity
title_full Body Image Quality of Life Related to Light Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among Young Adults with Overweight/Obesity
title_fullStr Body Image Quality of Life Related to Light Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among Young Adults with Overweight/Obesity
title_full_unstemmed Body Image Quality of Life Related to Light Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among Young Adults with Overweight/Obesity
title_short Body Image Quality of Life Related to Light Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among Young Adults with Overweight/Obesity
title_sort body image quality of life related to light physical activity and sedentary behavior among young adults with overweight/obesity
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8389257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34436101
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs11080111
work_keys_str_mv AT farojamiem bodyimagequalityofliferelatedtolightphysicalactivityandsedentarybehavioramongyoungadultswithoverweightobesity
AT whiteleyjessicaa bodyimagequalityofliferelatedtolightphysicalactivityandsedentarybehavioramongyoungadultswithoverweightobesity
AT haymanlaural bodyimagequalityofliferelatedtolightphysicalactivityandsedentarybehavioramongyoungadultswithoverweightobesity
AT napolitanomelissaa bodyimagequalityofliferelatedtolightphysicalactivityandsedentarybehavioramongyoungadultswithoverweightobesity