Differences in physical activity, sedentary time, and anthropometric variables among children and adolescents: The TUBON project

Date

2024-11-16

Author

DEMİRCİ, NECİP
KARACA, AYDA
ÇAĞLAR, EMİNE
Aksen, Pelin
Küçükkubaş, Nigar
ÇELEBİ, MEHMET MESUT
KARABULUT, ERDEM
DEMİRHAN, GIYASETTİN
Kirazcı, Sadettin
ÖZMERT, ELİF NURSEL

Metadata

Show full item record

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Item Usage Stats

5
views

0
downloads

Cite This

BACKGROUND: Although physical inactivity may lead to increasing obesity prevalence, research on anthropometric variables changes based on physical activity (PA) in children and adolescents is limited. PA decreases with age, while sedentary behavior increases. The study aimed to examine differences in objectively measured sedentary time, light-intensity physical activity (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) between children and adolescents, and the differences in the percentiles of anthropometric variables between physically active and inactive groups according to World Health Organization PA recommendations. METHODS: A total of 759 participants aged 6-17 years (boys, n=358; girls, n=401) were included in the study. The ActiGraph wGT3x-BT accelerometer was used to measure sedentary time, LPA, and MVPA. Height, weight, waist circumference (WC), triceps skinfold thickness (T-SFT), and medial-calf skinfold thickness (M-SFT) were measured. Body fat percentage (BF%) and body mass index (BMI) were calculated, and the percentiles of anthropometric variables were categorized. RESULTS: The findings showed that children had less sedentary time and a higher LPA than adolescents for both genders (p0.05). In boys, physically active children were in lower percentiles for T-SFT and BF% than those who did not (p<0.05). In boys, adolescents who were physically inactive were in higher percentiles for BMI, T-SFT, M-SFT, and BF% (p<0.05). In addition, in girls, adolescents who were physically active were in lower percentiles of BMI, M-SFT, and BF%, whereas children who were physically active were in lower percentiles of M-SFT and BF% (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Sedentary time increases while PA decreases with age. Children and adolescents who met the WHO PA recommendation had lower percentiles of anthropometric variables, indicating the importance of PA in preventing obesity in these age groups.

Subject Keywords

adolescents, anthropometry, children, physical activity, sedentary time

URI

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85210549546&origin=inward
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/112734

Collections

Department of Physical Education and Sports, Article