Carrasco-Marín F, Petermann-Rocha F, Martorell M, Concha-Cisternas Y, Parra-Soto S, Zapata-Lamana R, Albornoz-Guerrero J, García-Pérez-de-Sevilla G, Parra-Rizo MA, Cigarroa I. Physical Fitness, Screen Time and Sleep Habits According to Obesity Levels in Schoolchildren: Findings from the Health Survey of the Extreme South of Chile.
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022;
19:ijerph192013690. [PMID:
36294266 PMCID:
PMC9602903 DOI:
10.3390/ijerph192013690]
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Abstract
UNLABELLED
Obesity is a worry because it is associated with a greater burden of disease, and it has been shown to be related to the health habits and physical condition of children and adolescents.
OBJECTIVE
To associate physical fitness, screen time, and sleep habits with the different categories of obesity in schoolchildren from the extreme south of Chile.
METHODS
583 schoolchildren were included in this cross-sectional analysis. The screen time and sleep habits were measured with the Sleep Self-Report questionnaire, while the physical fitness was assessed with the Alpha Fitness test battery. The Body Mass Index/age (BMI/age) and the Waist-to-Height ratio (WtHr) were used to define adiposity using the following categories: healthy weight/low-risk waist-to-height ratio (H/LR), healthy weight/high-risk waist-to-height ratio (H/HR), overweight/low-risk waist to height ratio (O/LR), and overweight/high-risk waist to height ratio (O/HR).
RESULTS
A considerable number of schoolchildren (23.2%) presented sleep problems, while the mean screen time was 9.3 (95% CI: 8.4; 10.1) hours/day. Schoolchildren classified as H/HR showed better physical fitness than the O/HR group but worse physical fitness than the H/LR group.
CONCLUSIONS
Significant differences were evidenced in the physical fitness between the adiposity categories, which could open future lines of research concerning the characterization of the healthy weight-obese adiposity categories in children.
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