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Physical activity across days of week, video games, and laptop use are more likely to influence weight gain among Saudi Youth

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the extent and prevalence of daily PA and the sedentary behavior during inactive spare-time among young Saudis and their effect on overweight and obesity. METHODS: A total of 357 students completed all stages of this study. They included 282 boys a...

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Autor principal: Alibrahim, Mohammed Shaab
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9468546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36110369
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.963144
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description PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the extent and prevalence of daily PA and the sedentary behavior during inactive spare-time among young Saudis and their effect on overweight and obesity. METHODS: A total of 357 students completed all stages of this study. They included 282 boys aged 11.95 ± 0.73 years (213 children aged 11.62 ± 0.506 years and 69 adolescents aged 13.16 ± 0.373 years) and 75 girls (16 children aged 11.94 ± 0.236 years and 59 adolescents aged 13.47 ± 0.626 years). For each participant, height and weight were measured, and BMI was calculated. A questionnaire asking about daily PA and sedentary habits during the previous 7 days was also used. Multiple comparisons were performed to test for differences between groups by sex and age category, and stepwise multiple regression analysis was used to determine which variables significantly affected BMI. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity was 17.02 and 28.37% in boys and 9.33 and 0% in girls, respectively. The patterns of PA were changing within elements and between sexes. Both groups of boys were more active than girls during breakfast and lunch periods (p < 0.001 for all). A significant difference in favor of boys was also observed between the two groups of boys and the group of adolescent girls regarding after-school physical activity (p < 0.05 for all). Prepubescent boys reported being generally less active during the previous 7 days than their female counterparts and adolescent peers. Sedentary behaviors did not differ between all groups. Playing video games and using laptops were the parameters significantly associated with BMI. CONCLUSIONS: This study noted that the prevalence of overweight and obesity was more pronounced in boys than in girls. However, boys were more active but had the same degree of sedentary behavior as girls. Physical activity across the days of weekly, video games, and laptop use were the parameters that most affected BMI.
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spelling pubmed-94685462022-09-14 Physical activity across days of week, video games, and laptop use are more likely to influence weight gain among Saudi Youth Alibrahim, Mohammed Shaab Front Sports Act Living Sports and Active Living PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the extent and prevalence of daily PA and the sedentary behavior during inactive spare-time among young Saudis and their effect on overweight and obesity. METHODS: A total of 357 students completed all stages of this study. They included 282 boys aged 11.95 ± 0.73 years (213 children aged 11.62 ± 0.506 years and 69 adolescents aged 13.16 ± 0.373 years) and 75 girls (16 children aged 11.94 ± 0.236 years and 59 adolescents aged 13.47 ± 0.626 years). For each participant, height and weight were measured, and BMI was calculated. A questionnaire asking about daily PA and sedentary habits during the previous 7 days was also used. Multiple comparisons were performed to test for differences between groups by sex and age category, and stepwise multiple regression analysis was used to determine which variables significantly affected BMI. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity was 17.02 and 28.37% in boys and 9.33 and 0% in girls, respectively. The patterns of PA were changing within elements and between sexes. Both groups of boys were more active than girls during breakfast and lunch periods (p < 0.001 for all). A significant difference in favor of boys was also observed between the two groups of boys and the group of adolescent girls regarding after-school physical activity (p < 0.05 for all). Prepubescent boys reported being generally less active during the previous 7 days than their female counterparts and adolescent peers. Sedentary behaviors did not differ between all groups. Playing video games and using laptops were the parameters significantly associated with BMI. CONCLUSIONS: This study noted that the prevalence of overweight and obesity was more pronounced in boys than in girls. However, boys were more active but had the same degree of sedentary behavior as girls. Physical activity across the days of weekly, video games, and laptop use were the parameters that most affected BMI. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9468546/ /pubmed/36110369 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.963144 Text en Copyright © 2022 Alibrahim. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Physical activity across days of week, video games, and laptop use are more likely to influence weight gain among Saudi Youth
title Physical activity across days of week, video games, and laptop use are more likely to influence weight gain among Saudi Youth
title_full Physical activity across days of week, video games, and laptop use are more likely to influence weight gain among Saudi Youth
title_fullStr Physical activity across days of week, video games, and laptop use are more likely to influence weight gain among Saudi Youth
title_full_unstemmed Physical activity across days of week, video games, and laptop use are more likely to influence weight gain among Saudi Youth
title_short Physical activity across days of week, video games, and laptop use are more likely to influence weight gain among Saudi Youth
title_sort physical activity across days of week, video games, and laptop use are more likely to influence weight gain among saudi youth
topic Sports and Active Living
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9468546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36110369
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.963144
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