Twenty-four-hour movement guidelines during adolescence and its association with obesity at adulthood: results from a nationally representative study

Citation

García-Hermoso, A.; Ezzatvar, Y.; Alonso-Martinez, A. M.; Ramírez-Vélez, R.; Izquierdo, M.; & López-Gil, J. F. (2022). Twenty-four-hour movement guidelines during adolescence and its association with obesity at adulthood: results from a nationally representative study. European Journal of Pediatrics.

Abstract

To determine the association between adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines during adolescence with obesity at adulthood 14 years later in a nationally representative cohort. We analyzed data from 6984 individuals who participated in Waves I (1994–1995) and IV (2008–2009) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) in the USA. Obesity was defined by the International Obesity Task Force cut-off points at Wave I and adult cut-points at Wave IV (body mass index [BMI]≥30 kg/m2 and waist circumference [WC]≥102 cm in male and 88 cm in female). Physical activity, screen time and sleep duration were self-reported. Adolescents who met screen time recommendation alone (β = −1.62 cm, 95%CI −2.68 cm to −0.56), jointly with physical activity (β = −2.25 cm, 95%CI −3.75 cm to −0.75 cm), and those who met all three recommendations (β = −1.92 cm, 95%CI −3.81 cm to −0.02 cm) obtained lower WC at Wave IV than those who did not meet any of these recommendations. Our results also show that meeting with screen time recommendations (IRR [incidence rate ratio] = 0.84, 95%CI 0.76 to 0.92) separately and jointly with physical activity recommendations (IRR = 0.86, 95%CI 0.67 to 0.97) during adolescence is associated with lower risk of abdominal obesity at adulthood. In addition, adolescents who met all 24-h movement recommendations had lower risk of abdominal obesity later in life (IRR = 0.76, 95%CI 0.60 to 0.97).

Conclusion: Promoting the adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines from adolescence, especially physical activity and screen time, seems to be related with lower risk of abdominal obesity later in life, but not for BMI.

URL

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-022-04760-w

Keyword(s)

Wave I

Notes

Export Date: 03 January 2023; Cited By: 0

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

European Journal of Pediatrics

Author(s)

García-Hermoso, A.
Ezzatvar, Y.
Alonso-Martinez, A. M.
Ramírez-Vélez, R.
Izquierdo, M.
López-Gil, J. F.

Year Published

2022

DOI

10.1007/s00431-022-04760-w

Reference ID

9925