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The Influence of Abdominal Adiposity and Physical Fitness on Obesity Status of Portuguese Adolescents

The aim of this study was to verify the relationship between abdominal adiposity and physical fitness in the obesity status of Portuguese adolescents. BMI, abdominal adiposity, and physical fitness tests from the FITescola(®) were evaluated in a total of 654 Portuguese adolescents, aged 10-19 years...

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Autores principales: da Encarnação, Samuel Gonçalves Almeida, Flores, Pedro, Magalhães, David, Afonso, Gil, Pereira, Albino, Fonseca, Rui Brito, Ribeiro, Joana, Silva-Santos, Sandra, Teixeira, José Eduardo, Monteiro, António Miguel, Ferraz, Ricardo, Branquinho, Luís, Forte, Pedro
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141486
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811213
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author da Encarnação, Samuel Gonçalves Almeida
Flores, Pedro
Magalhães, David
Afonso, Gil
Pereira, Albino
Fonseca, Rui Brito
Ribeiro, Joana
Silva-Santos, Sandra
Teixeira, José Eduardo
Monteiro, António Miguel
Ferraz, Ricardo
Branquinho, Luís
Forte, Pedro
author_facet da Encarnação, Samuel Gonçalves Almeida
Flores, Pedro
Magalhães, David
Afonso, Gil
Pereira, Albino
Fonseca, Rui Brito
Ribeiro, Joana
Silva-Santos, Sandra
Teixeira, José Eduardo
Monteiro, António Miguel
Ferraz, Ricardo
Branquinho, Luís
Forte, Pedro
author_sort da Encarnação, Samuel Gonçalves Almeida
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description The aim of this study was to verify the relationship between abdominal adiposity and physical fitness in the obesity status of Portuguese adolescents. BMI, abdominal adiposity, and physical fitness tests from the FITescola(®) were evaluated in a total of 654 Portuguese adolescents, aged 10-19 years old—male: n = 334 (51%), female: n = 320 (49%). For the final model, BMI was positively related with age (β = 0.25), abdominal adiposity (β = 0.313), horizontal jump (β = −0.100), 40 m maximal velocity (β = 0.274), and aerobic fitness (β = −0.250, R(2) = 0.75, F = 382.2, and p = 0.0001). We conclude that higher age and abdominal adiposity are positively related with a higher adolescent BMI. Furthermore, lower horizontal jump distances and worse times on the 40 m maximal velocity were inversely related with a higher adolescent BMI, and lower aerobic fitness was inversely related with a higher adolescent BMI.
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spelling pubmed-95176132022-09-29 The Influence of Abdominal Adiposity and Physical Fitness on Obesity Status of Portuguese Adolescents da Encarnação, Samuel Gonçalves Almeida Flores, Pedro Magalhães, David Afonso, Gil Pereira, Albino Fonseca, Rui Brito Ribeiro, Joana Silva-Santos, Sandra Teixeira, José Eduardo Monteiro, António Miguel Ferraz, Ricardo Branquinho, Luís Forte, Pedro Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of this study was to verify the relationship between abdominal adiposity and physical fitness in the obesity status of Portuguese adolescents. BMI, abdominal adiposity, and physical fitness tests from the FITescola(®) were evaluated in a total of 654 Portuguese adolescents, aged 10-19 years old—male: n = 334 (51%), female: n = 320 (49%). For the final model, BMI was positively related with age (β = 0.25), abdominal adiposity (β = 0.313), horizontal jump (β = −0.100), 40 m maximal velocity (β = 0.274), and aerobic fitness (β = −0.250, R(2) = 0.75, F = 382.2, and p = 0.0001). We conclude that higher age and abdominal adiposity are positively related with a higher adolescent BMI. Furthermore, lower horizontal jump distances and worse times on the 40 m maximal velocity were inversely related with a higher adolescent BMI, and lower aerobic fitness was inversely related with a higher adolescent BMI. MDPI 2022-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9517613/ /pubmed/36141486 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811213 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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da Encarnação, Samuel Gonçalves Almeida
Flores, Pedro
Magalhães, David
Afonso, Gil
Pereira, Albino
Fonseca, Rui Brito
Ribeiro, Joana
Silva-Santos, Sandra
Teixeira, José Eduardo
Monteiro, António Miguel
Ferraz, Ricardo
Branquinho, Luís
Forte, Pedro
The Influence of Abdominal Adiposity and Physical Fitness on Obesity Status of Portuguese Adolescents
title The Influence of Abdominal Adiposity and Physical Fitness on Obesity Status of Portuguese Adolescents
title_full The Influence of Abdominal Adiposity and Physical Fitness on Obesity Status of Portuguese Adolescents
title_fullStr The Influence of Abdominal Adiposity and Physical Fitness on Obesity Status of Portuguese Adolescents
title_full_unstemmed The Influence of Abdominal Adiposity and Physical Fitness on Obesity Status of Portuguese Adolescents
title_short The Influence of Abdominal Adiposity and Physical Fitness on Obesity Status of Portuguese Adolescents
title_sort influence of abdominal adiposity and physical fitness on obesity status of portuguese adolescents
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141486
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811213
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