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Metabolic risk and television time in adolescent females

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Abstract

Objectives

A sedentary lifestyle is increasingly implicated in a negative metabolic health profile among youth. The present study examined relationships between clustered metabolic risk factors and TV viewing in female adolescents.

Methods

The sample comprised 262 girls 14–17 years. Height, weight, fasting glucose, insulin, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pressure were measured. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated. TV viewing time and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) were estimated from a 3-day diary. Outcome variables were normalized and expressed as Z scores which were summed into a metabolic risk score. Multiple linear regression analysis was used.

Results

TV viewing was independently associated with increased prevalence of clustered metabolic risk in girls after adjustment for several confounders (i.e., chronological age, BMI, MVPA, and parental education). The final model also indicated that lower levels of MVPA, higher BMI, and lower mother education were associated with higher metabolic risk.

Conclusions

Increased TV viewing had an adverse effect on metabolic health of adolescent girls. The findings highlight the potential importance of preventive actions to ameliorate metabolic risk in youth which target both sedentary and physically active behaviors.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the support provided by the CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior)—“Impacto do peso ao nascimento e do estilo de vida sobre fatores de risco metabólico, hiperandrogenismo e anovulação em meninas e adolescentes” Project.

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  1. Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Aristides M. Machado-Rodrigues, Manuel J. Coelho-e-Silva & Fernando Enes

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

    Neiva Leite, Luís P. G. Mascarenhas & Margaret C. S. Boguszewski

  3. Center of Science and Technology, Paulista State University, UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil

    Rômulo Fernandes

  4. Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

    Robert M. Malina

  5. Department of Kinesiology, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, USA

    Robert M. Malina

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Machado-Rodrigues, A.M., Leite, N., Coelho-e-Silva, M.J. et al. Metabolic risk and television time in adolescent females. Int J Public Health 60, 157–165 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0625-z

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