Cross-sectional associations of physical activity and gross motor proficiency with adiposity in South African children of pre-school age.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical activity, gross motor skills and adiposity in South African children of pre-school age.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

High-income urban, and low-income urban and rural settings in South Africa.

Participants

Children (3-6 years old, n 268) were recruited from urban high-income (n 46), urban low-income (n 91) and rural low-income (n 122) settings. Height and weight were measured to calculate the main outcome variables: BMI and BMI-for-age Z-score (BAZ). Height-for-age and weight-for-age Z-scores were also calculated. Actigraph GT3X+ accelerometers were used to objectively measure physical activity; the Test of Gross Motor Development (Version 2) was used to assess gross motor skill

SUBMITTER: Draper CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260522 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature