TV viewing and physical activity are independently associated with metabolic risk in children: the European Youth Heart Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

TV viewing has been linked to metabolic-risk factors in youth. However, it is unclear whether this association is independent of physical activity (PA) and obesity.

Methods and findings

We did a population-based, cross-sectional study in 9- to 10-y-old and 15- to 16-y-old boys and girls from three regions in Europe (n = 1,921). We examined the independent associations between TV viewing, PA measured by accelerometry, and metabolic-risk factors (body fatness, blood pressure, fasting triglycerides, inverted high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, glucose, and insulin levels). Clustered metabolic risk was expressed as a continuously distributed score calculated as the average of the standardized values of the six subcomponents. There was a positive association be

SUBMITTER: Ekelund U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1705825 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature