Association of Diet, Physical Activity Guidelines and Cardiometabolic Risk Markers in Children.

ABSTRACT: The aim was to identify different dietary and physical activity (PA) patterns in 5- to 14-year-old children with a high prevalence of overweight and obesity using cluster analysis based on their adherence to the Spanish Society of Community Nutrition dietary guidelines and levels of PA, and to determine their associations with age, sex, body composition, and cardiometabolic risk markers. In 549 children, hierarchical cluster analysis was used to identify subgroups with similar adherence to dietary recommendations and level of PA. Three clusters were identified: Cluster 1, with the lowest level of vigorous PA and adherence to dietary recommendations; Cluster 2, with the lowest levels of moderate and vigorous PA and the highest adherence to dietary recommendations; and Cluster 3, with the hi

SUBMITTER: Gil-Campos M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8466174 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature