title: Physical activity in adolescence and abdominal obesity in adulthood: a case-control study among women shift workers.
abstract: Physical activity may have a protective effect against abdominal obesity, an important risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the association between the practice of physical activities in adolescence and abdominal obesity in adulthood among women shift workers in Southern Brazil in 2011. This case-control study included 215 cases (waist circumference greater than or equal to 88 cm) and 326 controls. For both the case and control groups, participation in leisure-time physical activities was most frequent in adolescence and was significantly less in adulthood. After adjusting for potential confounding factors, women who participated in five or more physical activities in adolescence were 50 percent less likely to have abdominal obesity than women who participated in one activity or no physical activities (Odds Ratio = 0.50; 95% confidential interval: 0.27-0.93, p value = .029). Participation in various types of leisure-time physical activities in adolescence may protect against abdominal obesity in adulthood, even if the number of physical activities decreases over time. This finding demonstrated the importance of physical activity as well as the period of life in which these should be encouraged for the prevention of health disorders, such as abdominal obesity.
authors.affiliation: a Post-Graduate Program in Collective Health , University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos , São Leopoldo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Anderson da Silva
authors.initials: Ada S
authors.lastname: Garcez
authors.forename: Maria Teresa Anselmo
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Olinto
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Canuto
authors.forename: Beatriz Anselmo
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Olinto
authors.forename: Marcos Pascoal
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Pattussi
authors.forename: Vera Maria Vieira
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Paniz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055105:Waist Circumference
keywords: abdominal obesity; physical activity; waist circumference; women