Association of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with neck circumference in eight Latin American countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity is a cornerstone in the prevention and treatment of obesity. There are relatively few studies that explore the effect of accelerometer-determined moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) on neck circumference (NC), most of them confined to single high-income countries. The present study investigated the association of accelerometer-determined MVPA with NC in adolescents and adults from eight Latin American countries, which are mostly upper-middle income countries.

Methods

The sample consisted of 2370 participants (47.8% male) from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health, a multicenter cross-sectional nutrition and health surveillance study of a nationally representative sample from eight Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil,

SUBMITTER: Luis de Moraes Ferrari G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6591862 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature