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Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Report
Part G. Section 9: Youth
Table G9.A3 Body Composition, Cross-Sectional Studies
Reference |
Subjects |
Results |
Deheeger et al., 1997 (1) |
N=86, 37% F, 10 years |
No relationship |
Guillaume et al., 1997 (2) |
N=1,028, 6-12 years |
M: small inverse relationship; F: no relationship |
Schmidt et al., 1997 (3) |
N=1,681, 6-16 years, 81% Asian |
Active children have less adiposity than non-active |
Ward et al., 1997 (4) |
N=150, 100% F |
Significant low correlation |
Takada et al., 1998 (5) |
N=457, 45% F, 10 years |
No relationship |
Raudsepp & Pall,1999 (6) |
N=123, 100% F, 8.2±1.4 years |
Significant low-moderate correlation |
Rowlands et al., 1999 (7) |
N=34, 50% F, 8-10 years |
Moderate inverse correlation |
Dionne et al., 2000 (8) |
N=373, 0% F, 14.5±3.3 years |
No relationship |
Grund et al., 2000 (9) |
N=88, 44% F, 5-11 years |
No relationship |
Kawabe et al., 2000 (10) |
N=264, 0% F, 17-18 years |
Active children have less adiposity than non-active |
LeMura et al., 2000 (11) |
N=54, 52% F, 9.5 years |
Significant moderate inverse correlation |
McMurray et al., 2000 (12) |
N=2,389, 52% F, 10-16 years, 77% white, 23% AA |
M: PA decreases risk of overweight; F: no relationship |
Ball et al., 2001 (13) |
N=106, 51% F, 7.8±1.9 years |
Inverse correlation: Males: moderate; Females: low |
Dowda et al., 2001 (14) |
N=2,791, 8-16 years |
Small inverse relationship |
Eisenmann et al., 2002 (15) |
N=15,143, 9th-12th graders |
Small inverse relationship |
Klentrou et al., 2003 (16) |
N=256, 51% F, 14.3±0.3 years |
Active children have less adiposity than non-active |
Abbott & Davies, 2004 (17) |
N=40, 53% F, 5-10 years |
Moderate inverse correlation |
Ara et al., 2004 (18) |
N=114, 0% F, 9.4±1.5 years |
Active children have less adiposity than non-active |
Brage et al., 2004 (19) |
N=589, 47% F, 9.6±0.4 years |
No relationship |
Ekelund et al., 2004 (20) |
N=1,292, 51% F, 9-10 years |
Significant low correlation |
Forshee et al., 2004 (21) |
N=2,216, 12-16 years |
Active children have less adiposity than non-active |
Janssen et al., 2004 (22) |
N=5,890, 11-16 years |
Low PA associated with overweight/obesity |
Patrick et al., 2004 (23) |
N=878, 54% F, 11-15 years |
Low PA associated with overweight/obesity |
Raustorp et al., 2004 (24) |
N=871, 49% F, 7-14 years |
No relationship |
Ekelund et al., 2005 (25) |
N=445, 57% F, 17 years |
M: significant low inverse correlation, F: no relationship
|
Gutin et al., 2005 (26) |
N=421, 53% F, 16.2±1.2 years, 49% white, 51% AA |
Moderate inverse correlation |
Klein-Platat et al., 2005 (27) |
N=2,714, 50% F, 12 years |
Significant low correlation |
Rennie et al., 2005 (28) |
N=100, 40% F, 6-8 years |
Active energy expenditures and PA level are significant predictors
of fat mass in non-obese |
Treuth et al., 2005 (29) |
N=229, 57% F, 7-19 years |
Low-moderate correlation |
Andersen et al., 2006 (30) |
N=1,732, 53% F, 9 & 15 years |
No relationship |
Guerra et al., 2006 (31) |
N=1,341, 53% F, 8-15 years |
M: low PA risk for obesity; F: no relationship |
Kruger et al., 2006 (32) |
N=1,257, 10-15 years, 15% white, 73% AA |
M: significant low inverse correlation; F: no relationship
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Reference |
Subjects |
Results |
Lohman et al., 2006 (33) |
N=1,553, 100% F, 12.0±0.5 years, 45% white,
22% AA, 22% Hispanic |
Significant low correlation |
Ruiz et al., 2006 (34) |
N=780, 51% F, 9-10 years |
Significant inverse correlation |
Dollman & Ridley, 2006 (35) |
N=843, 48% F, 10-11 years |
No relationship |
Duncan et al., 2007 (36) |
N=969, 53% F, 5-12 years |
Inverse relationship with percent fat, not body mass index
|
Hussey et al., 2007 (37) |
N=224, 63% F, 7-10 years |
Low-moderate significant inverse correlation |
Kelishadi et al., 2007 (38) |
N=4,811, 53% F, 6-18 years |
No relationship |
Lioret et al., 2007 (39) |
N=1,016, 3-14 years |
Significant inverse relationship in 3-5 year olds |
Rizzo et al., 2007 (40) |
N=529. 50% F, 9 & 15 years |
Inverse relationship |
Saelens et al., 2007 (41) |
N=42, 50% F, 8 years |
Significant low-moderate correlation |
Stallmann-Jorgensen et al., 2007 (42) |
N=661, 50% F, 14-18 years, 51% white, 49% AA |
Significant moderate correlation |
Stevens et al., 2007 (43) |
N=984, 100% F, 6th and 8th graders, mixed race/ethnicity |
Moderate association of moderate to vigorous PA and risk of
overweight/high percent fat |
Thavendiranathan et al., 2007 (44) |
N=147, 12.5±3.2 years |
No relationship |
Wittmeier et al., 2007 (45) |
N=251, 48% F, 8-11 years |
Low inverse correlation of energy expenditure and PA with fat mass
standardized for height |
AA, African American; F, female; M, male; N, number, PA, physical
activity
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