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Independent and Combined Association of Lifestyle Behaviours and Physical Fitness with Body Weight Status in Schoolchildren

(1) Background: Lifestyle behaviours and physical fitness play a critical role in the development of childhood obesity. It has been demonstrated in this study that self-reported physical fitness is representative of a healthy lifestyle and thus is associated with a lower incidence of overweight/obes...

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Autores principales: Aragón-Martín, Rubén, Gómez-Sánchez, María del Mar, Martínez-Nieto, José Manuel, Novalbos-Ruiz, José Pedro, Segundo-Iglesias, Carmen, Santi-Cano, María José, Castro-Piñero, José, Lineros-González, Carmen, Hernán-García, Mariano, Schwarz-Rodríguez, Mónica, Jiménez-Pavón, David, Rodríguez-Martín, Amelia
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8953615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35334863
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14061208
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author Aragón-Martín, Rubén
Gómez-Sánchez, María del Mar
Martínez-Nieto, José Manuel
Novalbos-Ruiz, José Pedro
Segundo-Iglesias, Carmen
Santi-Cano, María José
Castro-Piñero, José
Lineros-González, Carmen
Hernán-García, Mariano
Schwarz-Rodríguez, Mónica
Jiménez-Pavón, David
Rodríguez-Martín, Amelia
author_facet Aragón-Martín, Rubén
Gómez-Sánchez, María del Mar
Martínez-Nieto, José Manuel
Novalbos-Ruiz, José Pedro
Segundo-Iglesias, Carmen
Santi-Cano, María José
Castro-Piñero, José
Lineros-González, Carmen
Hernán-García, Mariano
Schwarz-Rodríguez, Mónica
Jiménez-Pavón, David
Rodríguez-Martín, Amelia
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description (1) Background: Lifestyle behaviours and physical fitness play a critical role in the development of childhood obesity. It has been demonstrated in this study that self-reported physical fitness is representative of a healthy lifestyle and thus is associated with a lower incidence of overweight/obesity. The objective of this study was to analyse the independent and combined association of lifestyles (physical activity, screen time, diet and hours of sleep) and self-reported physical fitness with body weight in schoolchildren. (2) Methods: This study performed a descriptive and cross-sectional analysis. The study sample consisted of 864 schoolchildren between 8–9 years old from 26 schools of the province of Cádiz. To measure lifestyles and self-reported physical fitness, questionnaires were administered to both schoolchildren and families. To obtain the body weight status, the children were measured by body mass index (BMI). To verify the influence of lifestyles and self-reported physical fitness on the body weight status of schoolchildren, a combined score of lifestyles and self-reported physical fitness was calculated. (3) Results: Schoolchildren who followed healthier lifestyles and presented good physical fitness had a better body weight status (p < 0.001). Schoolchildren who had less healthful lifestyles and bad physical fitness had a 10.34 times higher risk of being overweight or obese (p = 0.004). (4) Conclusions: It has been shown that there is an independent and combined association between lifestyles and physical fitness on the body weight of the schoolchildren. We have suggested strategies to get children to adopt healthy lifestyles and good physical fitness to maintain a healthy body weight and prevent obesity.
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spelling pubmed-89536152022-03-26 Independent and Combined Association of Lifestyle Behaviours and Physical Fitness with Body Weight Status in Schoolchildren Aragón-Martín, Rubén Gómez-Sánchez, María del Mar Martínez-Nieto, José Manuel Novalbos-Ruiz, José Pedro Segundo-Iglesias, Carmen Santi-Cano, María José Castro-Piñero, José Lineros-González, Carmen Hernán-García, Mariano Schwarz-Rodríguez, Mónica Jiménez-Pavón, David Rodríguez-Martín, Amelia Nutrients Article (1) Background: Lifestyle behaviours and physical fitness play a critical role in the development of childhood obesity. It has been demonstrated in this study that self-reported physical fitness is representative of a healthy lifestyle and thus is associated with a lower incidence of overweight/obesity. The objective of this study was to analyse the independent and combined association of lifestyles (physical activity, screen time, diet and hours of sleep) and self-reported physical fitness with body weight in schoolchildren. (2) Methods: This study performed a descriptive and cross-sectional analysis. The study sample consisted of 864 schoolchildren between 8–9 years old from 26 schools of the province of Cádiz. To measure lifestyles and self-reported physical fitness, questionnaires were administered to both schoolchildren and families. To obtain the body weight status, the children were measured by body mass index (BMI). To verify the influence of lifestyles and self-reported physical fitness on the body weight status of schoolchildren, a combined score of lifestyles and self-reported physical fitness was calculated. (3) Results: Schoolchildren who followed healthier lifestyles and presented good physical fitness had a better body weight status (p < 0.001). Schoolchildren who had less healthful lifestyles and bad physical fitness had a 10.34 times higher risk of being overweight or obese (p = 0.004). (4) Conclusions: It has been shown that there is an independent and combined association between lifestyles and physical fitness on the body weight of the schoolchildren. We have suggested strategies to get children to adopt healthy lifestyles and good physical fitness to maintain a healthy body weight and prevent obesity. MDPI 2022-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8953615/ /pubmed/35334863 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14061208 Text en © 2022 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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Aragón-Martín, Rubén
Gómez-Sánchez, María del Mar
Martínez-Nieto, José Manuel
Novalbos-Ruiz, José Pedro
Segundo-Iglesias, Carmen
Santi-Cano, María José
Castro-Piñero, José
Lineros-González, Carmen
Hernán-García, Mariano
Schwarz-Rodríguez, Mónica
Jiménez-Pavón, David
Rodríguez-Martín, Amelia
Independent and Combined Association of Lifestyle Behaviours and Physical Fitness with Body Weight Status in Schoolchildren
title Independent and Combined Association of Lifestyle Behaviours and Physical Fitness with Body Weight Status in Schoolchildren
title_full Independent and Combined Association of Lifestyle Behaviours and Physical Fitness with Body Weight Status in Schoolchildren
title_fullStr Independent and Combined Association of Lifestyle Behaviours and Physical Fitness with Body Weight Status in Schoolchildren
title_full_unstemmed Independent and Combined Association of Lifestyle Behaviours and Physical Fitness with Body Weight Status in Schoolchildren
title_short Independent and Combined Association of Lifestyle Behaviours and Physical Fitness with Body Weight Status in Schoolchildren
title_sort independent and combined association of lifestyle behaviours and physical fitness with body weight status in schoolchildren
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8953615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35334863
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14061208
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