Joint Association of Birth Weight and Physical Activity/ Sedentary Behavior with Obesity in Children Ages 9-11 Years from 12 Countries
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Date
2017
Authors
Qiao, Yijuan
Zhang, Tao
Liu, Hongyan
Katzmarzyk, Peter T.
Chaput, J-P.
Fogelholm, Mikael
Johnson, William D.
Kuriyan, Rebecca
Kurpad, Anura
Lambert, Estelle V.
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Wiley
Abstract
Objective: To examine the joint association of birth weight and physical activity/sedentary time with
childhood obesity in 12 countries.
Methods: A cross-sectional study of 5,088 children aged 9 to 11 years was conducted. Birth weight was
recalled by parents or guardians. Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behavior
were objectively measured using accelerometry.
Results: The association of birth weight with the odds of obesity, central obesity, and high body fat was
significant among children with either low MVPA or high sedentary time but not among children with
either high MVPA or low sedentary time. In comparison with children with normal birth weight and high
MVPA, children with high birth weight and low MVPA showed 4.48- to 5.18-fold higher odds of obesity,
central obesity, and high body fat; children with normal birth weight and low MVPA showed 3.00- to
3.30-fold higher odds of obesity, central obesity, and high body fat, and children with high birth weight
and high MVPA showed 1.16- to 1.68-fold higher odds of obesity, central obesity, and high body fat.
Conclusions: High MVPA is more important than high birth weight as a correlate of obesity in children
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Obesity (2017) 25, 1091-1097. doi:10.1002/oby.21792