Clustering of lifestyle behaviors and adiposity in early adolescents in Spain: findings from the SI! Program for Secondary Schools.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several unhealthy lifestyle behaviors in adolescence are often linked to overweight/obesity. Some of them may be present simultaneously, leading to combined effects on health. Therefore, the clustering of several unhealthy behaviors in adolescents might be associated with adiposity excess.

Purpose

To identify lifestyle patterns and analyze their association with adiposity in early adolescents.

Methods

A cross-sectional cluster analysis was performed in 1183 adolescents (50.5% girls) with a mean age of 12.5 (0.4) years included in the SI! Program for Secondary Schools in Spain to identify lifestyle patterns based on healthy diet, step counts, sleep time, and leisure screen time. Generalized mixed models were applied to estimate the association between lifest

SUBMITTER: Bodega P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10422708 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature