Physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and adolescents

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonatan R. Ruiz ◽  
Francisco B. Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

Cardiorespiratory fitness relates more strongly than physical activity to cardiovascular disease risk factors in healthy children and adolescents: the European Youth Heart Study

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Hurtig-Wennlöf ◽  
Jonatan R. Ruiz ◽  
Maarike Harro ◽  
Michael Sjöström
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Cardiorespiratory Fitness ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Heart Study

Background Physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness are closely related to health variables in adults, especially those considered to be among risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The possible tracking of cardiovascular disease risk factors from childhood to adulthood makes it important to increase our understanding of the complex relationships between physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiovascular risk factors early in life. Design A cross-sectional, school-based study on healthy children and adolescents, aged 9-10 years (295 girls, 295 boys) and 15-16 years (302 girls, 233 boys) was performed during a school year in Sweden and Estonia, as part of the European Youth Heart Study. Methods Total physical activity, and minutes spent in inactivity and activity of moderate or higher intensity were measured by accelerometry. A maximal ergometer bike test was used for estimation of cardiorespiratory fitness. The risk factors included blood pressure and fasting blood levels of insulin, glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Results Canonical correlations between physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness versus cardiovascular disease risk factors showed significant associations in both age and sex groups ( rc=0.46-0.61, P < 0.0001). The cardiorespiratory fitness was found to be the strongest contributor to these relationships. In girls high values of the physical activity variables were also associated with a favourable cardiovascular profile. Conclusions Cardiorespiratory fitness relates more strongly to cardiovascular risk factors than components of objectively measured physical activity in children and adolescents. Physical activity becomes more important in the 15-year-old adolescents, indicating that these modifiable lifestyle factors increase in importance with age.

Physical Activity Is Associated With Decreased Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors In Children With Type 1 Diabetes

2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S338-S339
Author(s):  
Nathalie J. Farpour-Lambert ◽  
Laetitia Keller-Marchand ◽  
Magali Oehrli ◽  
Didier Hans ◽  
Valerie Schwitzgebe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

Is physical activity or aerobic power more influential on reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors?

1998 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 1521-1529 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT G. McMURRAY ◽  
BARBARA E. AINSWORTH ◽  
JOANNE S. HARRELL ◽  
THOMAS R. GRIGGS ◽  
O. DALE WILLIAMS
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Aerobic Power ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
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