The Cumulative Impact of Physical Activity, Sleep Duration, and Television Time on Adolescent Obesity: 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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Background: Physical activity (PA), television time (TV), and sleep duration (SLP) are considered individual risk factors for adolescent obesity. Our aim was to investigate the concurrent influence of meeting PA, SLP, and TV recommendations on adolescent obesity utilizing 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBSS) data. Methods: Subjects included 9589 (4874 females) high school students. PA, SLP, and TV were categorized utilizing established national recommendations and youth were cross-tabulated into 1 of 8 groups based on meeting or not meeting each recommendation. Logistic models were used to examine the odds of obesity for each group. Results: Youth meeting the PA recommendation were not at increased odds of obesity, regardless of SLP or TV status. However, not meeting any single recommendation, in general, led to increased odds of not meeting the other two. In boys, 11.8% met all recommendations while 14.1% met 0 recommendations. In girls, only 5.0% met all recommendations while 17.8% met none. Conclusions: Boys and girls not meeting any of the recommendations were 4.0 and 3.8 times more likely to be obese compared with their respective referent groups. Further research considering the simultaneous influence these risk factors may have on obesity and on one another is warranted.
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How combinations of movement behaviors are associated with obesity is largely unknown, as few studies have examined specific recommendation combinations and obesity, and only a subset have considered sleep duration as a health-related risk behavior in combined analyses.
“How combinations of these movements behaviors are associated with obesity is largely unknown as few studies have examined the influence of meeting specific movement behavior recommendation combinations and obesity, and only a subset have considered sleep duration as a health-related risk behavior in combined analyses [11–18].”
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In previous Canadian and US studies, boys and girls not meeting the 3 movement behavior recommendations were more likely to be obese than those meeting them.
“The authors found that boys and girls not meeting the 3 movement behavior recommendations were more likely to be obese than those meeting them.”
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In previous studies, not meeting the MVPA recommendation was the strongest predictor for being obese regardless of screen time and sleeping time.
“Moreover, not meeting the MVPA recommendation was the strongest predictor for being obese regardless of screen time and sleeping time [12–14].”
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The relationship of adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines with obesity had been previously evaluated in a sample of Canadian and US children and adolescents.
“The relationship of adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines with obesity had been previously evaluated in a sample of Canadian and US children and adolescents [12–14].”
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The results are similar to those found in the WHO analysis where only 8% of children achieved the best classification in the physical activity-risk behavior score and the Canadian and US studies, with a range of compliance between 5 and 17% of the population.
“The results are similar to those found in the WHO analysis [17] where only 8% of children achieved the best classification in the physical activity-risk behavior score and the Canadian and US studies, with a range of compliance between 5 and 17% of the population [12–14].”
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- Authors
- Laurson, K. R., Lee, J. A., & Eisenmann, J. C.
- Affiliations
- Illinois State University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Physical Activity and Health
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 2015-03
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 355-360
- ISSN
- 1543-3080 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-5474
- OpenAlex
- W2134895789
- Cited by
- 63
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 4.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Physical Activity and Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Illinois State University
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Keywords
- adolescent obesity, physical activity, sleep duration, television viewing, sedentary behavior, health advice, sex differences, high school students, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Communications Media, Female, Humans, Male, Motor Activity, Obesity, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Risk-Taking, Sleep, Television, United States, Health Behavior, Body Mass Index, Logistic Models, Sedentary Behavior
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