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Physical activity in normal weight/overweight, non‐stunted/stunted school‐age Guatemalan children
Author(s) -
Chacon Ana Violeta,
Ramirez-Zea Manuel,
Kroker Maria F,
Letona Paola,
Roche Dina,
Schlosser Karen,
Caballero Benjamin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.828.5
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , physical activity , demography , pediatrics , obesity , stunted growth , physical therapy , malnutrition , sociology
Background Prevalence of childhood overweight is rising in developing countries, where stunting is still a public health issue. Data on physical activity (PA) is scarce when both conditions coincide. Objective To assess PA in normal weight non‐stunted (NW‐NS) and stunted (NW‐S) and overweight non‐stunted (OW‐NS) and stunted (OW‐S) school‐age children. Methods 54 NW‐NS (BMI‐z < +1; HA‐z >−1), 79 NW‐S (BMI‐z < +1; HA‐z s ≤ −1), 78 OW‐NS (BMI‐z ≥ +1; HA‐z >−1) and 33 OW‐S (BMI‐z ≥ +1; HA‐z ≤ −1) children (118 girls/126 boys, 6–12 y old) were recruited in 9 low‐income, urban schools from Guatemala City. Children wore activity monitors to count steps and their intensity (min/d at moderate to vigorous PA ‐ MVPA) for a week. Data is presented as median/Q1–Q3. Results Boys were more active than girls (12573/10598–15145 vs 10864/9368–13142 steps/d, 44.0/31.9–55.1 vs 33.4/25.2–42.6 MVPA, p<0.01). S children (12366/9737–14980, 41.3/29.9–51.9) were more active than NS children (11293/9868–13712, 35.2/25.6–46.9, p=0.05 and p<0.01). OW‐NS boys (11414/9814–13603 and 35.8/27.3–46.5) were less active than NW‐NS boys (13553/11134–15245, 45.9/35.1–53.8, p<0.05). There were no significant differences in PA between OW‐S and NW‐S boys and among girls in all groups. Conclusion S children walk about 1000 steps/d more than NS children. Overweight was only associated with reduced PA in NS boys. Grant Funding Source : NHLBI HHSN 268200900028C