Weight Status and Physical Activity: Combined Influence on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Adolescents, Santiago, Chile.
We tested the independent and combined influence of overweight/obesity and meeting moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) guidelines (≥60 minutes per day) on cardiometabolic risk factors among healthy adolescents. We measured anthropometry, blood pressure, fasting lipids, and activity by accelerometer in 223 adolescents. They were categorized as overweight/obese versus normal weight and meeting the World Health Organization guidelines for MVPA per day. Adolescents were 16.8 years, 41% overweight/obese, 30% met MVPA guidelines, 50% low high-density lipoprotein, 22% high triglycerides, 12% high blood pressure, and 6% high fasting glucose. Controlling for sex, overweight/obese adolescents who did not meet MVPA guidelines had 4.0 and 11.9 increased odds for elevated triglycerides and systolic blood pressure, respectively, compared to normal weight adolescents who met MVPA guidelines. Overweight/obese and normal weight adolescents who met MVPA guidelines did not differ in cardiometabolic risk factors. Among overweight/obese adolescents, being physically active attenuated the likelihood of high triglycerides and systolic blood pressure.
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Helen
H
Wang
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Estela
E
Blanco
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Cecilia
C
Algarín
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Patricio
P
Peirano
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Raquel
R
Burrows
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Marcela
M
Reyes
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
David
D
Wing
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Job G
JG
Godino
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Sheila
S
Gahagan
adolescence; blood pressure; metabolic risk factors; obesity; physical activity; triglycerides