Health and Social Research Center, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain.
Navarrabiomed, Hospital Universitario de Navarra (HUN), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), IdiSNA, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
Appetite. 2022 Nov 1;178:106272. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2022.106272. Epub 2022 Aug 11.
The aim of this study was to examine the association between a comprehensive spectrum of physical fitness components and disordered eating symptoms in a sample of Spanish adolescents. This cross-sectional study analysed a representative sample of 741 adolescents (55.1% girls) from the Eating Healthy and Daily Life Activities (EHDLA) study (Valle de Ricote, Region of Murcia, Spain). Objective physical fitness (i.e., cardiorespiratory fitness, upper body strength, lower body strength, speed-agility, and flexibility) was assesed by the ALPHA-FIT Test Battery for a young population. Disordered eating symptoms were assessed with the Sick, Control, One, Fat, Food (SCOFF) questionnaire. An incremental inverse association was found in participants with low cardiorespiratory fitness (OR = 2.33; 95% CI: 1.56-3.50), low handgrip strength (OR = 1.99; 95% CI: 1.33-2.97), low lower body strength (OR = 1.91; 95% CI: 1.28-2.86), low speed-agility (OR = 1.75; 95% CI: 1.17-2.62), and low global physical fitness (OR = 2.03; 95% CI: 1.37-3.01) and disordered eating symptoms, compared to participants with a high level of each of these physical fitness components. Our study provides evidence that, in Spanish adolescents, disordered eating symptoms are inversely associated with a comprehensive set of physical fitness components. Hence, it could be relevant to promote physical fitness, e.g., by a multifactorial approach, since it seems to be related to lower disordered eating symptoms in adolescents.
本研究旨在考察西班牙青少年样本中综合体能成分与饮食失调症状之间的关联。这项横断面研究分析了 Eating Healthy and Daily Life Activities (EHDLA) 研究的代表性样本，该研究共纳入了 741 名青少年（55.1%为女孩）（西班牙穆尔西亚地区里科特谷）。客观体能（即心肺适能、上肢力量、下肢力量、速度敏捷性和柔韧性）通过适合年轻人群的 ALPHA-FIT 测试电池进行评估。通过 Sick、Control、One、Fat、Food（SCOFF）问卷评估饮食失调症状。在心肺适能低的参与者中发现了一种逐渐减弱的反比关系（OR=2.33；95%CI：1.56-3.50），握力低（OR=1.99；95%CI：1.33-2.97），下肢力量低（OR=1.91；95%CI：1.28-2.86），速度敏捷性低（OR=1.75；95%CI：1.17-2.62），以及整体体能低（OR=2.03；95%CI：1.37-3.01）和饮食失调症状之间存在反比关系，与这些体能成分中每一项都处于高水平的参与者相比。我们的研究提供了证据表明，在西班牙青少年中，饮食失调症状与一系列综合体能成分呈反比关系。因此，通过多因素方法促进体能可能是相关的，因为它似乎与青少年较低的饮食失调症状有关。
