School of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA.
Department of Health and Movement Sciences, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Pediatr Obes. 2021 Oct;16(10):e12796. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12796. Epub 2021 Apr 27.
Adolescents with obesity are less likely to flourish and be academically engaged in comparison to their healthy weight peers. However, it is unknown how participation in physical activity influences flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents with obesity. The current study examined engagement in varying levels of physical activity and the likelihood of flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents with obesity.
Analyses included 26 764 adolescents, ages 10-17 years, from the parent-reported, combined 2016-2017 National Survey of Children's Health. Participants were grouped by physical activity levels (none, low, moderate, daily). Outcome variables included flourishing (finishing tasks, staying calm when faced with a challenge and showing interest in new things) and academic engagement (completing all required homework and caring about doing well in school). Logistic regression models, adjusted for age, sex, race, household income, highest level of education in the household, behavioural conduct problems and depression assessed the likelihood of each outcome comparing physical activity levels among adolescents with obesity.
Adolescents with obesity who participated in any amount of physical activity (low, moderate and daily) or sports had significantly greater likelihood of flourishing and academic engagement compared those that did not engage in any physical activity (p's < 0.05).
Participation in even low amounts of physical activity or participation in sports increases the likelihood of flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents with obesity, which expands on previous findings that adolescents with obesity are less likely to flourish and be academically engaged in comparison to their healthy weight peers.
与体重正常的同龄人相比，肥胖青少年不太可能茁壮成长并在学业上投入。然而，目前尚不清楚参与体育活动如何影响肥胖青少年的茁壮成长和学业投入。本研究考察了不同水平的体育活动参与度，以及肥胖青少年茁壮成长和学业投入的可能性。
分析包括来自家长报告的 2016-2017 年全国儿童健康调查的 26764 名 10-17 岁的青少年。参与者按体育活动水平（无、低、中、每天）分组。结果变量包括茁壮成长（完成任务、面对挑战时保持冷静和对新事物感兴趣）和学业投入（完成所有要求的家庭作业并关心在学校表现良好）。调整了年龄、性别、种族、家庭收入、家庭最高教育水平、行为问题和抑郁等因素后，使用逻辑回归模型比较了肥胖青少年之间的体育活动水平，评估了每种结果的可能性。
与不参与任何体育活动的肥胖青少年相比，参与任何量的体育活动（低、中、每天）或参与运动的肥胖青少年有更大的可能性茁壮成长和学业投入（p 值均<0.05）。
即使少量的体育活动或参与运动也能增加肥胖青少年茁壮成长和学业投入的可能性，这扩展了以前的发现，即与体重正常的同龄人相比，肥胖青少年不太可能茁壮成长和在学业上投入。
