Department of Anthropology, Visva Bharati University, Sriniketan, West Bengal, India.
J Nutr Health Aging. 2010 Nov;14(9):731-5. doi: 10.1007/s12603-010-0096-8.
To look into the association between anthropometric, body compositional and physiological characteristics with physical activity among the children and adolescents of Asian Indian origin.
A total of 469 children and adolescents (250 boys and 219 girls) aged 8-18 years took part in the present cross-sectional study. A pre-designed schedule was used to collect information on socioeconomic characteristics and type of activities performed by them.
It was observed that there was an inversely proportional trend for different anthropometric, body compositional and physiological measures with the duration of different types of physical activities. Moreover, walking, cycling and racing were observed to be correlated inversely with sum of four skinfold (SF4) and the ratio of SF4 and BMI (SF4: BMI). Furthermore, significant (p < 0.01) inverse correlation was observed in case of mean arterial pressure (MAP) with the duration of walking, cyclicing and gym. It was observed that about 14% (R² = 0.14) of the total variance of MAP was explained by duration of different types of physical activity and parental characteristics.
Habitual moderate physical activity may be beneficial to prevent excess accumulation of fat during childhood and adolescence and warranted further investigation about the importance of physical activity to prevent increasing trend of childhood obesity.
探讨亚洲印第安裔儿童和青少年的人体测量学、身体成分和生理特征与身体活动之间的关系。
本横断面研究共纳入 469 名 8-18 岁的儿童和青少年（男 250 名，女 219 名）。使用预先设计的方案收集有关社会经济特征和他们所进行的活动类型的信息。
研究发现，不同的人体测量学、身体成分和生理指标与不同类型身体活动的持续时间呈反比趋势。此外，步行、骑车和赛跑与四个皮褶厚度之和（SF4）和 SF4 与 BMI 的比值（SF4:BMI）呈反比相关。此外，在步行、骑车和健身房活动期间，平均动脉压（MAP）与持续时间之间观察到显著的（p<0.01）负相关。研究发现，MAP 的总方差的约 14%（R²=0.14）可由不同类型的身体活动和父母特征的持续时间来解释。
习惯性的适度身体活动可能有益于预防儿童和青少年时期脂肪过度积累，需要进一步研究身体活动对预防儿童肥胖趋势增加的重要性。
