Charting the cascade of physical activities: implications for reducing sitting time and obesity in children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Traditional intensity-based physical activity measures and variable-centered statistics may not fully capture the complex associations between sitting time, physical activity, and obesity indices. This study investigates the associations between device-measured sitting, standing and different modes of physical activity (i.e., slow walking, brisk-walking, cycling and high-intensity activity) and measured body mass index (BMI) in children using person-based latent profile analyses and Partial Least Squared-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).

Methods

A total of 344 children (11.5 ± 0.81 years, boys n = 139) wore a triaxial accelerometer (Fibion®) on their thigh for eight days, and their weight and height were measured at school. Latent profile analysis formed prof

SUBMITTER: Esmaeilzadeh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11960387 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature