Youth and young adult physical activity and body composition of young adult women: findings from the dietary intervention study in children

Melissa G Hodge; Mary Hovinga; John A Shepherd; Brian Egleston; Kelley Gabriel; Linda Van Horn; Alan Robson; Linda Snetselaar; Victor K Stevens; Seungyoun Jung; Joanne Dorgan

doi:10.1123/pes.2014-0001

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Youth and young adult physical activity and body composition of young adult women: findings from the dietary intervention study in children

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Youth and young adult physical activity and body composition of young adult women: findings from the dietary intervention study in children

Melissa G Hodge, Mary Hovinga, John A Shepherd, Brian Egleston, Kelley Gabriel, Linda Van Horn, Alan Robson, Linda Snetselaar, Victor K Stevens, Seungyoun Jung, …

Pediatric exercise science, Vol.27(1), pp.140-150

02/2015

DOI: 10.1123/pes.2014-0001

PMCID: PMC7363167

PMID: 25387239

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Abstract

This study prospectively investigates associations between youth moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) and body composition in young adult women using data from the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC) and the DISC06 Follow-Up Study. MVPA was assessed by questionnaire on 5 occasions between the ages 8 and 18 years and at age 25-29 years in 215 DISC female participants. Using whole body dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), overall adiposity and body fat distribution were assessed at age 25-29 years by percent body fat (%fat) and android-to-gynoid (A:G) fat ratio, respectively. Linear mixed effects models and generalized linear latent and mixed models were used to assess associations of youth MVPA with both outcomes. Young adult MVPA, adjusted for other young adult characteristics, was significantly inversely associated with young adult %fat (%fat decreased from 37.4% in the lowest MVPA quartile to 32.8% in the highest (p-trend = 0.02)). Adjusted for youth and young adult characteristics including young adult MVPA, youth MVPA also was significantly inversely associated with young adult %fat (β=-0.40 per 10 MET-hrs/wk, p = .02) . No significant associations between MVPA and A:G fat ratio were observed. Results suggest that youth and young adult MVPA are important independent predictors of adiposity in young women.

Prospective Studies

Follow-Up Studies

Humans

Models, Statistical

Absorptiometry, Photon

Young Adult

Adolescent

Adult

Female

Surveys and Questionnaires

Adiposity - physiology

Exercise - physiology

Child

Body Composition - physiology

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Title: Subtitle: Youth and young adult physical activity and body composition of young adult women: findings from the dietary intervention study in children
Creators: Melissa G Hodge - Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Mary Hovinga
John A Shepherd
Brian Egleston
Kelley Gabriel
Linda Van Horn
Alan Robson
Linda Snetselaar
Victor K Stevens - Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
Seungyoun Jung
Joanne Dorgan
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Pediatric exercise science, Vol.27(1), pp.140-150
DOI: 10.1123/pes.2014-0001
PMID: 25387239
PMCID: PMC7363167
NLM abbreviation: Pediatr Exerc Sci
ISSN: 0899-8493
eISSN: 1543-2920
Publisher: United States
Grant note: R01CA104670 / NCI NIH HHS R01 CA104670 / NCI NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 02/2015
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9983995024102771

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