Influence of cardiorespiratory fitness and parental lifestyle on adolescents' abdominal obesity

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2011

Authors

vale, s (Author) Other; soares-miranda, l (Author) Other; santos, r (Author) Other; moreira, c (Author) Other; marques, a (Author) Other; santos, p (Author) Other; teixeira, l (Author) Other; mota, j (Author) FADEUP

Journal

Title: Annals of Human Biology

Vol. 38

Pages: 531-536

ISSN: 0301-4460

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Sociology

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-NDM

DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2011.590529

Abstract (EN): Aim: The aims of this study were (1) to analyse the influence of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and parental overweight status (POS) and socioeconomic status (SES) on abdominal obesity. Subjects and methods: This study was comprised of 779 adolescents (12-18 years). Waist-height ratio (WHtR), 20m shuttle-run test to ascertain CRF, POS according to World Health Organization recommendations and SES of parents using level of education were analysed. Results: Using WHtR, the prevalence of abdominal obesity was 21.3% (23.5% girls and 17.9% boys; p = 0.062). Regardless of gender, participants who belonged to the WHtR risk group had significantly (p <= 0.05) lower CRF scores than the WHtR non-risk group; 84.4% of girls who belonged to the WHtR risk group had one or two overweight parents (p <= 0.05). Boys with low CRF (OR: 6.43; CI: 3.33-12.39) were more likely to belong to the WHtR risk group compared with their lean peers. Girls with low CRF (OR: 1.78; CI: 1.14-2.78) and with at least one overweight parent (OR: 2.50; CI: 1.07-5.85) or two overweight parents (OR: 4.90; CI: 2.08-11.54) were associated with the risk of abdominal obesity. Conclusion: This study highlights the influence of adolescents' family on abdominal obesity, especially in girls. Further, the data suggested that low CRF was a strong predictor of risk values of abdominal obesity in adolescence.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6