Differential influence of diet and physical activity on components of metabolic syndrome in a multiethnic sample of children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment of the metabolic syndrome in adults is generally approached with diet and physical activity. The influence of diet and physical activity on cardiometabolic outcomes in children has not been clearly established.

Objective

The main objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that the distribution of energy from fat and carbohydrate in addition to limited time spent engaging in physical activity would contribute to the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in a multiethnic pediatric population.

Design

Observational, cross-sectional study. Diet was assessed by two 24-hour recalls, physical activity by accelerometry, body composition by dual-energy absorptiometry, and glucose and lipid levels using fasting sera.

Main outcome

SUBMITTER: Casazza K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2743425 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature