Differences of daily physical activity levels of children according to body mass index

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2002

Autores

mota, j (Autor) FADEUP; santos, p (Autor) Outra; guerra, s (Autor) Outra; ribeiro, jc (Autor) FADEUP; duarte, ja (Autor) FADEUP

Revista

Título: Pediatric Exercise Science

Vol. 14

Páginas: 442-452

ISSN: 0899-8493

Editora: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 20 Citações

Scopus - 26 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências médicas e da saúde > Medicina clínica

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-000-MM6

Abstract (EN): The purpose of this study was to compare the daily activity levels of children varying in body mass over 3 consecutive weekdays. The sample was comprised of 157 children (boys, n = 64; girls, n = 93), aged 8-15 years. BMI was used as obesity indicator. Children were categorized as non-obese and overweight/obese group, according to the age-adapted value. The CSA activity monitor was used as an objective measure of daily physical activity. No significant differences were reported in the daily physical activity among boys and girls according to BMI group. Boys were significantly more engaged in moderate-to-vigorous physical activities (p = .05) than girls. Significant differences in moderate-to-vigorous physical activities (p = .05) were found between non-obese (69.3 min . day(-1)) and obese girls (50.7 min . day(-1)), while no significant differences were reported in boys. Differences between overall activities and involvement in MVPA emerged between overweight/obese and non-obese girls; therefore, obesity in girls may be linked to low levels of physical activity behavior.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 11