Cycling to School and Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

Objective To evaluate the association between cycling to/from school and body composition, physical fitness, and metabolic syndrome among a sample of Colombian children and adolescents. Study design During the 2014-2015 school year, we examined a cross-sectional component of the Association for muscular strength with early manifestation of cardiovascular disease risk factors among Colombian children and adolescents (FUPRECOL) study. Participants included 2877 youths (54.5% girls) from Bogota, Colombia. A self-reported questionnaire was used to measure the frequency and mode of commuting to school. Four components of physical fitness were measured: (1) anthropometric (height, weight, body mass index, and waist circumference); (2) musculoskeletal (handgrip and standing long jump test); (3) motor (speed-agility test; 4 × 10-meter shuttle run); and (4) cardiorespiratory (20-m shuttle run test [20mSRT]). The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was determined by the definitions provided by the International Diabetes Federation. Results Twenty-three percent of the sample reported commuting by cycle. Active commuting boys had a likelihood of having an unhealthy 4 × 10 m value (OR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.53-0.98; P =.038) compared with the reference group (passive commuters). Active commuting girls showed a lower likelihood of having unhealthy a 20mSRT value (OR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.56-0.99; P =.047) and metabolic syndrome (OR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.35-0.99; P =.048) compared with passive commuters. Conclusion Regular cycling to school may to be associated with better physical fitness and a lower incidence of metabolic syndrome than passive transport, especially in girls. © 2017 Elsevier Inc.

• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad del Rosario
• Repositorio: Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/22425
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.05.065; https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22425
• Palabra clave: Adolescent; Anthropometric parameters; Article; Body composition; Cardiometabolic risk; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Cardiovascular disease; Child; Colombian; Cross-sectional study; Cycling; Female; Fitness; Hand grip; Human; Jumping; Major clinical study; Male; Metabolic syndrome x; Muscle strength; Priority journal; Sample; School; Standing; Traffic and transport; Anthropometry; Body composition; Colombia; Cycling; Exercise test; Fitness; Metabolic syndrome x; Pathophysiology; Physiology; Questionnaire; Risk factor; Adolescent; Anthropometry; Bicycling; Body composition; Child; Colombia; Cross-sectional studies; Exercise test; Female; Humans; Male; Metabolic syndrome x; Physical fitness; Risk factors; Schools; Surveys and questionnaires; Transportation; Active commuting to school; Cardiometabolic risk factors; Obesity; Physical fitness; Youth
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