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Youth and Young Adult Physical Activity and Body Composition of Young Adult Women: Findings From the Dietary Intervention Study in Children
Pediatric exercise science, v 27(1), pp 140-150
10 Nov 2014
PMID: 25387239
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Abstract
This study prospectively investigates associations between youth moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) and body composition in young adult women using data from the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC) and the DISC06 Follow-Up Study. MVPA was assessed by questionnaire on 5 occasions between the ages 8 and 18 years and at age 25–29 years in 215 DISC female participants. Using whole body dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), overall adiposity and body fat distribution were assessed at age 25–29 years by percent body fat (%fat) and android-to-gynoid (A:G) fat ratio, respectively. Linear mixed effects models and generalized linear latent and mixed models were used to assess associations of youth MVPA with both outcomes. Young adult MVPA, adjusted for other young adult characteristics, was significantly inversely associated with young adult %fat (%fat decreased from 37.4% in the lowest MVPA quartile to 32.8% in the highest (p-trend = 0.02)). Adjusted for youth and young adult characteristics including young adult MVPA, youth MVPA also was significantly inversely associated with young adult %fat (β=−0.40 per 10 MET-hrs/wk,
p
= .02) . No significant associations between MVPA and A:G fat ratio were observed. Results suggest that youth and young adult MVPA are important independent predictors of adiposity in young women.
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- Title
- Youth and Young Adult Physical Activity and Body Composition of Young Adult Women: Findings From the Dietary Intervention Study in Children
- Creators
- Melissa Hodge - Drexel UniversityMary Hovinga - Drexel UniversityKelley Gabriel - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioLinda Snetselaar - University of IowaJohn Shepherd - University of California, San FranciscoLinda Van Horn - Northwestern UniversityVictor Stevens - Kaiser PermanenteBrian Egleston - Fox Chase Cancer CenterAlan Robson - Children's Hospital of New OrleansSeungyoun Jung - University of Maryland, BaltimoreJoanne Dorgan - University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Publication Details
- Pediatric exercise science, v 27(1), pp 140-150
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000352823900023
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84959229912
- Other Identifier
- 991019169807804721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Pediatrics
- Physiology
- Sport Sciences