Gender diversity and daily steps: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the association between multiple dimensions of gender diversity and physical activity (daily steps) in a diverse national sample of early adolescents in the United States.

Methods

This study analyzed Year 2 data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (N = 6038, M_age=12.0 years). Linear regression models were used to estimate the associations of gender diversity across multiple measures (transgender identity, felt gender, gender expression, gender non-contentedness) with daily step count measured by wrist-worn Fitbit devices.

Results

In this sample of early adolescents, 49.7 % were assigned female at birth, 39.4 % were from racial/ethnic minority groups, and 1 % to 16.9 % identified as gender diverse, depending on the

SUBMITTER: Nagata JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11755946 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature