146983 20241205091043.0 doi 10.3390/children8050341 sideral 126605 ART-2021-126605 eng Ferrer-Santos P. (orcid)0000-0002-0234-0733 Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and body composition in children from the spanish region of aragon 2021 Most of the studies analyzing the effect of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) on children’s health do not contain information on early stages or do not use accurate methods. We investigated the association between PA and body composition using objective methods, perinatal data, lifestyle behaviors, and World Health Organization (WHO) physical activity (PA) recommendations. The CALINA study is a longitudinal observational cohort study of children born in Aragon (Spain) in 2009. A total of 308 7-year-old children (52.3% boys) were assessed. We used dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and accelerometry. Rapid weight gain until 12 months and lifestyle behaviors were considered as covariates both in the ANCOVA and linear regression models. A higher percentage of boys met the WHO PA recommendations compared to girls (69.6% vs. 40.9%, respectively; p < 0.001). There was a negative association between MVPA and subtotal fat and abdominal fat in both girls and boys. After adjusting for perinatal and lifestyle variables, we found that subtotal body fat, abdominal fat, and fat mass index (FMI) were significantly lower in those classified as active. MVPA was associated with body fat both in boys and girls. More research is needed to identify the cutoffs points of MVPA that generate benefit to boys and girls in all body composition components. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII/FIS/PI08-0559 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII/FIS/PI13-02359 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII/RD12-0026 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 2.835 2021 PEDIATRICS 59 / 130 = 0.454 2021 Q2 T2 0.645 2021 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2021 Q2 2.0 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Iglesia I. (orcid)0000-0002-2219-3646 Muñiz-Pardos B. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9191-9033 Miguel-Berges M.L. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-2411-9538 Flores-Barrantes P. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-2135-900X Moreno L.A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-0454-653X Rodríguez-Martínez G. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-7985-9912 1006 255 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Enfermería 1006 245 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Educación Física y Depor. 1011 670 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Microb.Ped.Radio.Sal.Pú. Área Pediatría 8, 5 (2021), 341 [12 pp] Children (Basel) Children 2227-9067 289223 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/146983/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2754724 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/146983/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:146983 articulos driver 2024-12-05-08:46:03 ARTICLE