title: Association between The Family Nutrition and Physical Activity Screening Tool and cardiovascular disease risk factors in 10-year old children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the association of the Family Nutrition and Physical Activity (FNPA) screening tool with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in 10-year old children.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 119 children were assessed for body mass index (BMI), percent body fat, waist circumference, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL), and resting blood pressure. A continuous CVD risk score was created using total cholesterol to HDL-cholesterol ratio (TC:HDL), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and waist circumference. The FNPA survey was completed by parents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The FNPA score was significantly correlated with adiposity measures (r = ?0.35 to ?0.43) and the continuous CVD risk score (r = ?0.22) (p < 0.05) but not with TC:HDL or MAP. The prevalence of overweight and obese (43.1% vs. 14.9%) and the mean values for BMI (20.3 ? 4.3 vs. 18.0 ? 2.7 kg/m(2)) and percent body fat (24.8 ? 8.3% vs. 20.1 ? 5.7%) were significantly higher in children with a FNPA score ? 25 when compared to those with a FNPA score > 25 (median split) (p < 0.05). The continuous CVD risk score was not significantly different between these two groups. Overweight and obese children had a significantly lower mean FNPA score when compared to normal weight children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children from a high-risk, obesogenic family environment (determined using the FNPA) have a higher level of adiposity and CVD risk factor profile than children from a low-risk family environment. The FNPA screening tool can help identify children that may be at risk for overweight and adverse CVD risk factor development.
authors: Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University , East Lansing, MI 48223, USA.
authors: Kimbo E
authors: KE
authors: Yee
authors: Joey C
authors: JC
authors: Eisenmann
authors: Joseph J
authors: JJ
authors: Carlson
authors: Karin A
authors: KA
authors: Pfeiffer
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity; D000367:Age Factors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D004032:Diet; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008824:Michigan; D009043:Motor Activity; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055105:Waist Circumference
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D002784:Cholesterol