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Sedentary and Physical Activity Habits of Obese Adolescents.

Background:The independent association between sedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA) is such that, regardless of accumulated PA, high amounts of SB are detrimental to health, even in adolescents.Purpose:Our aim was to profile activity patterns in free-living environments and to measure...

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Published in:American Journal of Health Education Vol. 45; no. 6; pp. 335 - 342
Main Authors: Starkoff, Brooke E., Petosa, Rick L., Balk, Elizabeth K., Eneli, Ihuoma U., Bonny, Andrea E., Hoffman, Robert P., Devor, Steven T.
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov/Dec2014
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          Starkoff, Brooke E.
          Petosa, Rick L.
          Balk, Elizabeth K.
          Eneli, Ihuoma U.
          Bonny, Andrea E.
          Hoffman, Robert P.
          Devor, Steven T.
        affil: The College at Brockport: State University of New York
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          Physical Activity
          Habits Evaluation
          Pediatric Obesity
          Sedentary Behavior In Adolescence
          Human
          Funding Source
          Adolescence
          Energy Metabolism
          Exercise Intensity
          Accelerometers Utilization
          Descriptive Statistics
          Prospective Studies
          Descriptive Research Ohio
          Questionnaires
          Body Weights and Measures
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
      ab: Background:The independent association between sedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA) is such that, regardless of accumulated PA, high amounts of SB are detrimental to health, even in adolescents.Purpose:Our aim was to profile activity patterns in free-living environments and to measure levels of SB and light (LT) and moderate (MOD) PA in obese adolescents via accelerometry.Methods:Participants wore Actical accelerometers on the right hip for at least 5 days, from 07:00amto 11:00pm. The number of minutes per hour of sedentary, LT, MOD, and vigorous (VIG) activity was calculated using established cut-points. Sixteen subjects (5 males, 11 females;14.8 ± 1.5 years) recorded at least 3 weekdays and 2 weekend days of accelerometry data.Results:Subjects spent a majority of time with SB (727.6 ± 101.2 min/d), followed by LT (212.4 ± 91.6 min/d) and MOD PA (20.5 ± 23.1 min/d). Subjects spent 75.6% of their waking day with SB.Discussion:In addition to low levels of PA, obese adolescents accumulated a substantial number of SB minutes.Translation to Health Education Practice:Minutes of SB are high among obese adolescents. Health educators should design interventions to reduce SB as a complement to programs designed to increase PA.
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