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Article

Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Body Composition in Children from the Spanish Region of Aragon

by
Pilar Ferrer-Santos
1,
Iris Iglesia
1,2,3,*,
Borja Muñiz-Pardos
1,2,4,
María Luisa Miguel-Berges
1,2,5,
Paloma Flores-Barrantes
1,2,5,
Luis A. Moreno
1,2,5 and
Gerardo Rodríguez-Martínez
1,2,3,6
1
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
2
Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research Group, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
3
Red de Salud Materno Infantil y del Desarrollo (SAMID), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
4
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y del Deporte, Departamento de Fisiatría y Enfermería, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
5
CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28040 Madrid, Spain
6
Departament of Pediatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Children 2021, 8(5), 341; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050341
Submission received: 16 March 2021 / Revised: 18 April 2021 / Accepted: 23 April 2021 / Published: 26 April 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Body Composition in Children)
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Abstract

Most of the studies analyzing the effect of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) on children’s health do not contain information on early stages or do not use accurate methods. We investigated the association between PA and body composition using objective methods, perinatal data, lifestyle behaviors, and World Health Organization (WHO) physical activity (PA) recommendations. The CALINA study is a longitudinal observational cohort study of children born in Aragon (Spain) in 2009. A total of 308 7-year-old children (52.3% boys) were assessed. We used dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and accelerometry. Rapid weight gain until 12 months and lifestyle behaviors were considered as covariates both in the ANCOVA and linear regression models. A higher percentage of boys met the WHO PA recommendations compared to girls (69.6% vs. 40.9%, respectively; p < 0.001). There was a negative association between MVPA and subtotal fat and abdominal fat in both girls and boys. After adjusting for perinatal and lifestyle variables, we found that subtotal body fat, abdominal fat, and fat mass index (FMI) were significantly lower in those classified as active. MVPA was associated with body fat both in boys and girls. More research is needed to identify the cutoffs points of MVPA that generate benefit to boys and girls in all body composition components.
Keywords: physical activity; children; body composition; accelerometry; dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry physical activity; children; body composition; accelerometry; dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
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Ferrer-Santos, P.; Iglesia, I.; Muñiz-Pardos, B.; Miguel-Berges, M.L.; Flores-Barrantes, P.; Moreno, L.A.; Rodríguez-Martínez, G. Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Body Composition in Children from the Spanish Region of Aragon. Children 2021, 8, 341. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050341

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Ferrer-Santos P, Iglesia I, Muñiz-Pardos B, Miguel-Berges ML, Flores-Barrantes P, Moreno LA, Rodríguez-Martínez G. Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Body Composition in Children from the Spanish Region of Aragon. Children. 2021; 8(5):341. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050341

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Ferrer-Santos, Pilar, Iris Iglesia, Borja Muñiz-Pardos, María Luisa Miguel-Berges, Paloma Flores-Barrantes, Luis A. Moreno, and Gerardo Rodríguez-Martínez. 2021. "Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Body Composition in Children from the Spanish Region of Aragon" Children 8, no. 5: 341. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050341

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Ferrer-Santos, P., Iglesia, I., Muñiz-Pardos, B., Miguel-Berges, M. L., Flores-Barrantes, P., Moreno, L. A., & Rodríguez-Martínez, G. (2021). Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Body Composition in Children from the Spanish Region of Aragon. Children, 8(5), 341. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050341

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