Physical activity, sedentary time and gain in overall and central body fat: 7-year follow-up of the ProActive trial cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study is to examine the independent associations of time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary (SED-time), with total and abdominal body fat (BF), and the bidirectionality of these associations in adults at high risk of type 2 diabetes.

Design and subjects

We measured MVPA (min per day) and SED-time (h per day) by accelerometry, and indices of total (body weight, fat mass (FM), BF% and FM index) and abdominal BF (waist circumference (WC)) using standard procedures in 231 adults (41.3 ± 6.4 years) with parental history of type 2 diabetes (ProActive UK) at baseline, 1-year and 7-year follow-up. Mixed effects models were used to quantify the independent associations (expressed as standardised β-coefficients (95% con

SUBMITTER: Golubic R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4113455 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature