Article detail · 2024
Differences in physical activity, sedentary time, and anthropometric variables among children and adolescents: The TUBON project
- Year
- 2024
- Type
- article
Data source split
- YÖKSİS YÖKSİS article record
- YÖKSİS venue TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
- Catalog match (ISSN) Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
- OpenAlex OpenAlex enrichment (abstract, citations, topics)
Abstract
OpenAlex · English
BACKGROUND: Although physical inactivity may lead to increasing obesity prevalence, research on anthropometric variables changes based on physical activity (PA) in children and adolescents is limited. PA decreases with age, while sedentary behavior increases. The study aimed to examine differences in objectively measured sedentary time, light-intensity physical activity (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) between children and adolescents, and the differences in the percentiles of anthropometric variables between physically active and inactive groups according to World Health Organization PA recommendations. METHODS: A total of 759 participants aged 6-17 years (boys, n=358; girls, n=401) were included in the study. The ActiGraph wGT3x-BT accelerometer was used to measure sedentary time, LPA, and MVPA. Height, weight, waist circumference (WC), triceps skinfold thickness (T-SFT), and medial-calf skinfold thickness (M-SFT) were measured. Body fat percentage (BF%) and body mass index (BMI) were calculated, and the percentiles of anthropometric variables were categorized. RESULTS: The findings showed that children had less sedentary time and a higher LPA than adolescents for both genders (p<0.05). Children had a higher MVPA than adolescents in girls (p<0.05), but the difference was insignificant in boys (p>0.05). In boys, physically active children were in lower percentiles for T-SFT and BF% than those who did not (p<0.05). In boys, adolescents who were physically inactive were in higher percentiles for BMI, T-SFT, M-SFT, and BF% (p<0.05). In addition, in girls, adolescents who were physically active were in lower percentiles of BMI, M-SFT, and BF%, whereas children who were physically active were in lower percentiles of M-SFT and BF% (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Sedentary time increases while PA decreases with age. Children and adolescents who met the WHO PA recommendation had lower percentiles of anthropometric variables, indicating the importance of PA in preventing obesity in these age groups.
Topics
Citations
OpenAlex cited_by_count. Not a WoS or Scopus citation count; those sources have no separate column here.
7 citations
OpenAlex cited_by_count (cache / database)
9 publications in the local catalog that cite this work (OpenAlex reference match; not the full global list).
- Investigation of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Children and Adolescents According to Biological Maturation Status: TUBON Project 2025
- Çocuk ve Ergenlerde Fiziksel Aktivite ve Sedanter Davranışın Biyolojik Olgunlaşma Durumlarına Göre İncelenmesi: TUBON Projesi 2025
- Çocuk ve Ergenlerde Fiziksel Aktivite ve Sedanter Davranışın Biyolojik Olgunlaşma Durumlarına Göre İncelenmesi: TUBON Projesi 2025
- Çocuk ve Ergenlerde Fiziksel Aktivite ve Sedanter Davranışın Biyolojik Olgunlaşma Durumlarına Göre İncelenmesi: TUBON Projesi 2025
- Çocuk ve Ergenlerde Fiziksel Aktivite ve Sedanter Davranışın Biyolojik Olgunlaşma Durumlarına Göre İncelenmesi: TUBON Projesi 2025
- Çocuk ve Ergenlerde Fiziksel Aktivite ve Sedanter Davranışın Biyolojik Olgunlaşma Durumlarına Göre İncelenmesi: TUBON Projesi 2025
- Çocuk ve Ergenlerde Fiziksel Aktivite ve Sedanter Davranışın Biyolojik Olgunlaşma Durumlarına Göre İncelenmesi: TUBON Projesi 2025
- Physical Activity Levels of Adolescents with Familial Mediterranean Fever 2025
- Düzenli spor yapan ve sedanter ergenlerde psikososyal uyum: Yeterlik alanları ve problem davranışların karşılaştırmalı analizi 2025