scholarly journals The Association of Body Fat and Leisure Time Physical Activity Called into Question for Asian Indians

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphane Sinnapah ◽  
Sophie Antoine-Jonville ◽  
Olivier Hue
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Asian Indians ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Alpha Risk ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Activity Questionnaire

<p class="Pa7"><strong>Objective: </strong>Thrifty genotypes may predis­pose to type 2 diabetes and body fat (%BF) excess through a differentiated relationship between physical activity and body fat. We explored this hypothesis in Asian Indians, a population thought to be thrifty.</p><p class="Pa7"><strong>Methods: </strong>Three hundred and nine Guade­loupian adolescents responded to the modi­fiable activity questionnaire. Their body fat was assessed by bioimpedancemetry. We first studied the relationship between %BF and leisure time physical activity (LTPA). We then explored the associations of ethnic­ity with this relationship in a subgroup of 93 Asian Indians matched with 93 controls for age, sex, and LTPA class. The alpha risk retained was .05.</p><p class="Pa7"><strong>Results: </strong>The analyses showed that Asian In­dians had higher %BF even when matched with controls for age, sex and LTPA quartile, and the relationship between LTPA and %BF observed in controls was not evidenced in Asian Indians.</p><p class="Pa7"><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The higher %BF in Asian In­dians remained significant even when they were matched with controls for age, sex and LTPA quartile, and their LTPA was not associated ‒ or was at least less robustly as­sociated ‒ with %BF. These findings are con­sistent with the hypothesis of thriftiness in Asian Indians, with the weaker relationship of high LTPA and low %BF a possible path to thriftiness.</p><p class="Pa7"><em>Ethn Dis. </em>2016;26(4):485-492; doi:10.18865/ed.26.4.485</p>

scholarly journals The Effect of the Built Environment on Older Men′s and Women′s Leisure-Time Physical Activity in the Mid-Scale City of Jinhua, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1039
Author(s):  
Jiabin Yu ◽  
Chen Yang ◽  
Shen Zhang ◽  
Diankai Zhai ◽  
Aiwen Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Older People ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Neighborhood Environment ◽  
Linear Regression Method ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Activity Questionnaire

Physical activity has been suggested to be beneficial in preventing disease and improving body function in older people. Older people’s leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) is affected by various factors, especially environmental factors. However, the differences in the association between older people’s LTPA and the built environment in different sex groups remain unclear. Perceived built environment scores and older people’s LTPA were collected for 240 older people in Jinhua using the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale and International Physical Activity Questionnaire, respectively. A linear regression method was used to analyze the associations between older people’s LTPA and the built environment in men, women, and all participants. The results showed that land use mix diversity was associated with LTPA in older people for both sexes. In men, LTPA was also associated with access to services. However, in women, LTPA was associated with residential density, street connectivity, and crime safety. The relationship varied when demographic variables were incorporated into the regression analysis. Those results indicated that a shorter perceived distance from home to destination would motivate older people to engage more in LTPA. Older people’s LTPA was affected by various built environment factors according to different sex groups. Women’s LTPA was generally more sensitive to the built environment. More studies are needed to confirm the association between LTPA in older people and the built environment in men and women in mid- or small-sized Chinese cities in the future.

scholarly journals Physical activity, sedentary time and their associations with clustered metabolic risk among people with type 2 diabetes in Jiangsu province: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. e027906
Author(s):  
Yijia Chen ◽  
Jie Yang ◽  
Jian Su ◽  
Yu Qin ◽  
Chong Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Systolic Blood Pressure ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Sedentary Time ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Jiangsu Province ◽  
Metabolic Risk

ObjectiveInvestigating the association between total physical activity, physical activity in different domains and sedentary time with clustered metabolic risk in patients with type 2 diabetes from Jiangsu province, China.DesignInterview-based cross-sectional study conducted between December 2013 and January 2014.Setting44 selected townships across two cities, Changshu and Huai’an, in Jiangsu province.Participants20 340 participants selected using stratified cluster-randomised sampling and an interviewer-managed questionnaire.MethodsWe constructed clustered metabolic risk by summing sex-specific standardised values of waist circumference, fasting triacylglycerol, fasting plasma glucose, systolic blood pressure and the inverse of blood high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-cholesterol). Self-reported total physical activity included occupation, commuting and leisure-time physical activity. The un-standardised regression coefficient [B] and its 95% CI were calculated using multivariate linear regression analyses.ResultsThis study included 17 750 type 2 diabetes patients (aged 21–94 years, 60.3% female). The total (B=−0.080; 95% CI: −0.114 to −0.046), occupational (B=−0.066; 95% CI: −0.101 to− 0.031) and leisure-time physical activity (B=−0.041; 95% CI: −0.075 to −0.007), and sedentary time (B=0.117; 95% CI: 0.083 to 0.151) were associated with clustered metabolic risk. Total physical activity, occupational physical activity and sedentary time were associated with waist circumference, triacylglycerol and HDL-cholesterol, but not with systolic blood pressure. Commuting physical activity and sedentary time were significantly associated with triacylglycerol (B=−0.012; 95% CI: −0.019 to −0.005) and fasting plasma glucose (B=0.008; 95% CI: 0.003 to 0.01), respectively. Leisure-time physical activity was only significantly associated with systolic blood pressure (B=−0.239; 95% CI: −0.542 to− 0.045).ConclusionsTotal, occupational and leisure-time physical activity were inversely associated with clustered metabolic risk, whereas sedentary time increased metabolic risk. Commuting physical activity was inversely associated with triacylglycerol. These findings suggest that increased physical activity in different domains and decreased sedentary time may have protective effects against metabolic risk in type 2 diabetes patients.

The Relationship of Physical Activity and Percentage of Body Fat to the Risk of Asthma in 8- to 10-year-old Children

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 885-889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis R. Ownby ◽  
Edward L. Peterson ◽  
Dorothy Nelson ◽  
Christine C.L. Joseph ◽  
L. Keoki Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Percentage Of Body Fat ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Relationships between Leisure Time Physical Activity and Perceived Stress

1996 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 315-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven G. Aldana ◽  
Leanne D. Sutton ◽  
Bert H. Jacobson ◽  
Michael G. Quirk
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Confounding Variables ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship between physical activity during leisure time and perceived stress among working adults ( N = 32,229). Data were gathered on physical activity, perceived stress, current health status, age, gender, life changes, ongoing problems, number of techniques used for stress reduction, and number of personality traits related to Type A behavior. To control for confounding variables Mantel-Haenszel summary risk estimates were used. Employees who expended more than 3.0 Kcal/kg−1 · day−1 in physical activity during leisure time were 0.78 and 0.62 times less likely to have moderate and high perceived stress, respectively. Working adults participating in moderate amounts of these activities have about half the rate of perceived stress as nonparticipants.

Greater daily leisure time physical activity is associated with lower chronic disease risk in adults with spinal cord injury

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 640-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea C. Buchholz ◽  
Kathleen A. Martin Ginis ◽  
Steven R. Bray ◽  
B. Catharine Craven ◽  
Audrey L. Hicks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Cord Injury

The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between leisure time physical activity (LTPA) and common risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes in community-dwelling adults with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). LTPA was measured using the Physical Activity Recall Assessment for People with SCI in 76 men and women with chronic (≥1 year) paraplegia or tetraplegia, living in or near Hamilton, Ontario. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, body composition (fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM)), blood pressure, and biochemical data were collected. Thirty-seven percent (n = 28 participants) were inactive, reporting no LTPA whatsoever, and were compared with an equal-sized group consisting of the most active study participants (≥25 min of LTPA per day). After adjusting for significant covariates, BMI (18.7%), %FM (19.4%), and C-reactive protein (143%) were all lower, and %FFM was higher (7.2%), in active participants (all p ≤ 0.05). Ten percent of active participants vs. 33% of inactive participants were insulin resistant (p = 0.03). Waist circumference (17.6%) and systolic blood pressure (15.3%) were lower in active vs. inactive participants with paraplegia (both p ≤ 0.05), but not tetraplegia. In conclusion, greater daily LTPA is associated with lower levels of selected CVD and type 2 diabetes risk factors in individuals living with SCI. Whether this relationship translates into a lower incidence of these chronic diseases has yet to be determined.

Dose–Response Relationship of Total and Leisure Time Physical Activity to Risk of Heart Failure

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 701-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasper Andersen ◽  
Daniela Mariosa ◽  
Hans-Olov Adami ◽  
Claes Held ◽  
Erik Ingelsson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Dose Response ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Response Relationship ◽  
Dose Response Relationship ◽  
Relationship Of
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