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1. Clustering patterns of physical activity, sedentary and dietary behavior among European adolescents: The HELENA study

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Ottevaere, Charlene, Huybrechts, Inge, Benser, Jasmin, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Cuenca Garcia, Magdalena, Dallongeville, Jean, Zaccaria, Maria, Gottrand, Frederic, Kersting, Mathilde, Rey Lápez, Juan P., Manios, Yannis, Molnr, Dénes, Moreno, Luis A, Smpokos, Emmanouel, Widhalm, Kurt, De Henauw, Stefaan, Moreno L, Gottrand F, De Henauw S, González Gross M, Gilbert C, Kafatos A, Libersa C, Sánchez J, Kersting M, Sjöstrom M, Molnár D, Dallongeville J, Hall G, Maes L, Scalfi L, Meléndez P, Fleta J, Casajús J, Rodríguez G, Tomás C, Mesana MI, Vicente Rodríguez G, Villarroya A, Gil CM, Ara I, Revenga J, Lachen C, Fernández Alvira J, Bueno G, Lázaro A, Bueno O, León JF, Garagorri JM, Bueno M, Pablo Rey López J, Iglesia I, Velasco P, Bel S, Marcos A, Wärnberg J, Nova E, Gómez S, Ligia Díaz E, Romeo J, Veses A, Angeles Puertollano M, Zapatera B, Pozo T, Beghin L, Iliescu C, Von Berlepsch J, Sichert Hellert W, Koeppen E, Erhardt E, Csernus K, Török K, Bokor S, Angster M, Nagy E, Kovács O, Répasi J, Codrington C, Plada M, Papadaki A, Sarri K, Viskadourou A, Hatzis C, Kiriakakis M, Tsibinos G, Vardavas C, Sbokos M, Protoyeraki E, Fasoulaki M, Stehle P, Pietrzik K, Breidenassel C, Spinneker A, Al Tahan J, Segoviano M, Berchtold A, Bierschbach C, Blatzheim E, Schuch A, Pickert P, Castillo Garzón M, Gutiérrez Sáinz Á, Ortega Porcel FB, Ruiz JR, García Artero E, España Romero V, Jiménez Pavón D, Sánchez Muñoz C, Soto V, Chillón P, Heredia JM, Aparicio V, Baena P, Cardia CM, Carbonell A, Arcella D, Catasta G, Censi L, Ciarapica D, Ferrari M, Le Donne C, Leclerq C, Magrì L, Maiani G, Piccinelli R, Polito A, Spada R, Toti E, Montagnese C, De Bourdeaudhuij I, De Vriendt T, Matthys C, Vereecken C, de Maeyer M, Ottevaere C, Widhalm K, Phillipp K, Dietrich S, Kubelka B, Boriss Riedl M, Manios Y, Grammatikaki E, Bouloubasi Z, Cook T, Eleutheriou S, Consta O, Moschonis G, Katsaroli I, Kraniou G, Papoutsou S, Keke D, Petraki I, Bellou E, Tanagra S, Kallianoti K, Argyropoulou D, Kondaki K, Tsikrika S, Karaiskos C, Meirhaeghe A, Fievet N, Goumidi L, Bergman P, Hagströmer M, Hallström L, Hallberg M, Poortvliet E, Rizzo N, Beckman L, Hurtig Wennlöf A, Patterson E, Kwak L, Cernerud L, Tillgren P, Sörensen S, Sánchez Molero J, Picó E, Navarro M, Viadel B, Enrique Carreres J, Merino G, Sanjuán R, Lorente M, José Sánchez M, Castelló S, Thomas S, Allchurch E, Burguess P, Astrom A, Sverkén A, Broberg A, Masson A, Lehoux C, Brabant P, Pate P, Fontaine L, Sebok A, Kuti T, Hegyi A, Maldonado C, Llorente A, García E, von Fircks H, Lilja Hallberg M, Messerer M, Larsson M, Fredriksson H, Adamsson V, Börjesson I, Fernández L, Smillie L, Wills J, Meléndez A, Benito PJ, Calderón J, Valtueña J, Navarro P, Urzanqui A, Albers U, Pedrero R, Gómez Lorente J.J., VITAGLIONE, PAOLA, Department of Public Health, Universiteit Gent = Ghent University [Belgium] (UGENT), Institut für Ernährungs- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften - Ernährungphysiologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Department of Physiology, University of Granada [Granada]-School of Medicine, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), National Research Institute on Food and Nutrition, Inflammation: mécanismes et régulation et interactions avec la nutrition et les candidoses, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lille, Droit et Santé, Research Institute of Child Nutrition Dortmund, Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD), University of Zaragoza - Universidad de Zaragoza [Zaragoza]-E.U., Ciencias de la Salud, Harokopio University, Pécsi Tudemányegyetem, University of Crete School of medicine, Medizinische Universität Wien = Medical University of Vienna, Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT), Universidad de Granada = University of Granada (UGR)-School of Medicine, BMC, Ed., Matthys, Christophe, Ottevaere, Charlene, Huybrechts, Inge, Benser, Jasmin, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Cuenca Garcia, Magdalena, Dallongeville, Jean, Zaccaria, Maria, Gottrand, Frederic, Kersting, Mathilde, Rey Lápez, Juan P., Manios, Yanni, Molnr, Déne, Moreno, Luis A, Smpokos, Emmanouel, Widhalm, Kurt, De Henauw, Stefaan, Moreno, L, Gottrand, F, De Henauw, S, González Gross, M, Gilbert, C, Kafatos, A, Libersa, C, Sánchez, J, Kersting, M, Sjöstrom, M, Molnár, D, Dallongeville, J, Hall, G, Maes, L, Scalfi, L, Meléndez, P, Fleta, J, Casajús, J, Rodríguez, G, Tomás, C, Mesana, Mi, Vicente Rodríguez, G, Villarroya, A, Gil, Cm, Ara, I, Revenga, J, Lachen, C, Fernández Alvira, J, Bueno, G, Lázaro, A, Bueno, O, León, Jf, Garagorri, Jm, Bueno, M, Pablo Rey López, J, Iglesia, I, Velasco, P, Bel, S, Marcos, A, Wärnberg, J, Nova, E, Gómez, S, Ligia Díaz, E, Romeo, J, Veses, A, Angeles Puertollano, M, Zapatera, B, Pozo, T, Beghin, L, Iliescu, C, Von Berlepsch, J, Sichert Hellert, W, Koeppen, E, Erhardt, E, Csernus, K, Török, K, Bokor, S, Angster, M, Nagy, E, Kovács, O, Répasi, J, Codrington, C, Plada, M, Papadaki, A, Sarri, K, Viskadourou, A, Hatzis, C, Kiriakakis, M, Tsibinos, G, Vardavas, C, Sbokos, M, Protoyeraki, E, Fasoulaki, M, Stehle, P, Pietrzik, K, Breidenassel, C, Spinneker, A, Al Tahan, J, Segoviano, M, Berchtold, A, Bierschbach, C, Blatzheim, E, Schuch, A, Pickert, P, Castillo Garzón, M, Gutiérrez Sáinz, Á, Ortega Porcel, Fb, Ruiz, Jr, García Artero, E, España Romero, V, Jiménez Pavón, D, Sánchez Muñoz, C, Soto, V, Chillón, P, Heredia, Jm, Aparicio, V, Baena, P, Cardia, Cm, Carbonell, A, Arcella, D, Catasta, G, Censi, L, Ciarapica, D, Ferrari, M, Le Donne, C, Leclerq, C, Magrì, L, Maiani, G, Piccinelli, R, Polito, A, Spada, R, Toti, E, Vitaglione, Paola, Montagnese, C, De Bourdeaudhuij, I, De Vriendt, T, Matthys, C, Vereecken, C, de Maeyer, M, Ottevaere, C, Widhalm, K, Phillipp, K, Dietrich, S, Kubelka, B, Boriss Riedl, M, Manios, Y, Grammatikaki, E, Bouloubasi, Z, Cook, T, Eleutheriou, S, Consta, O, Moschonis, G, Katsaroli, I, Kraniou, G, Papoutsou, S, Keke, D, Petraki, I, Bellou, E, Tanagra, S, Kallianoti, K, Argyropoulou, D, Kondaki, K, Tsikrika, S, Karaiskos, C, Meirhaeghe, A, Fievet, N, Goumidi, L, Bergman, P, Hagströmer, M, Hallström, L, Hallberg, M, Poortvliet, E, Rizzo, N, Beckman, L, Hurtig Wennlöf, A, Patterson, E, Kwak, L, Cernerud, L, Tillgren, P, Sörensen, S, Sánchez Molero, J, Picó, E, Navarro, M, Viadel, B, Enrique Carreres, J, Merino, G, Sanjuán, R, Lorente, M, José Sánchez, M, Castelló, S, Thomas, S, Allchurch, E, Burguess, P, Astrom, A, Sverkén, A, Broberg, A, Masson, A, Lehoux, C, Brabant, P, Pate, P, Fontaine, L, Sebok, A, Kuti, T, Hegyi, A, Maldonado, C, Llorente, A, García, E, von Fircks, H, Lilja Hallberg, M, Messerer, M, Larsson, M, Fredriksson, H, Adamsson, V, Börjesson, I, Fernández, L, Smillie, L, Wills, J, Meléndez, A, Benito, Pj, Calderón, J, Valtueña, J, Navarro, P, Urzanqui, A, Albers, U, Pedrero, R, Gómez Lorente, J. J., and School of Medicine-University of Granada [Granada]

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Male, Gerontology, Health Behavior, CHILDREN, ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE, DETERMINANTS, Overweight, ENERGY, 0302 clinical medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, Epidemiology, Medicine and Health Sciences, Surveys and Questionnaire, Cluster Analysis, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, INTERNATIONAL SURVEY, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Anthropometry, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, 3. Good health, Europe, Sedentary Lifestyle, RELIABILITY, Female, NUTRITION, SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, medicine.symptom, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Human, Research Article, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, 03 medical and health sciences, Humans, QUALITY, VALIDITY, Cluster analysis, Exercise, Sedentary lifestyle, Cluster Analysi, Science & Technology, OVERWEIGHT, business.industry, Public health, EATING HABITS, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, CONSUMPTION, HEALTHY LIFE-STYLE, lcsh:RA1-1270, medicine.disease, Obesity, Diet, [SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Sedentary Behavior, Biostatistics, business
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests possible synergetic effects of multiple lifestyle behaviors on health risks like obesity and other health outcomes. A better insight in the clustering of those behaviors, could help to identify groups who are at risk in developing chronic diseases. This study examines the prevalence and clustering of physical activity, sedentary and dietary patterns among European adolescents and investigates if the identified clusters could be characterized by socio-demographic factors. METHODS: The study comprised a total of 2084 adolescents (45.6% male), from eight European cities participating in the HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) study. Physical activity and sedentary behavior were measured using self-reported questionnaires and diet quality was assessed based on dietary recall. Based on the results of those three indices, cluster analyses were performed. To identify gender differences and associations with socio-demographic variables, chi-square tests were executed. RESULTS: Five stable and meaningful clusters were found. Only 18% of the adolescents showed healthy and 21% unhealthy scores on all three included indices. Males were highly presented in the cluster with high levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and low quality diets. The clusters with low levels of MVPA and high quality diets comprised more female adolescents. Adolescents with low educated parents had diets of lower quality and spent more time in sedentary activities. In addition, the clusters with high levels of MVPA comprised more adolescents of the younger age category. CONCLUSION: In order to develop effective primary prevention strategies, it would be important to consider multiple health indices when identifying high risk groups. ispartof: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH vol:11 ispartof: location:England status: published

Published
2011

2. Reliability and validity of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire in a sample of European adolescents--the HELENA study

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De Vriendt, Tineke, Clays, Els, Moreno, Luis A, Bergman, Patrick, Vicente Rodriguez, Germán, Nagy, Eniko, Dietrich, Sabine, Manios, Yannis, De Henauw, Stefaan, Moreno LA, Gottrand F, De Henauw S, González Gross M, Gilbert C, Kafatos A, Libersa C, Castelló S, Kersting M, Sjöstrom M, Molnár D, Dallongeville J, Hall G, Maes L, Scalfi L, Meléndez P, Fleta J, Casajús JA, Rodríguez G, Tomás C, Mesana MI, Vicente Rodríguez G, Villarroya A, Gil CM, Ara I, Revenga J, Lachen C, Fernández Alvira J, Bueno G, Lázaro A, Bueno O, León JF, Jesús M, Bueno M, Pablo Rey López J, Iglesia I, Velasco P, Bel S, Gracia Marco LA, Mouratidou T, Wärnberg J, Nova E, Gómez S, Esperanza Díaz L, Romeo J, Veses A, Zapatera B, Pozo T, Martínez D, Beghin L, Iliescu C, Von Berlepsch J, Sichert Hellert W, Koeppen E, Molnar D, Erhardt E, Csernus K, Török K, Bokor S, Nagy E, Kovács O, Répasi J, Codrington C, Plada M, Papadaki A, Sarri K, Viskadourou A, Hatzis C, Kiriakakis M, Tsibinos G, Vardavas C, Sbokos M, Protoyeraki E, Fasoulaki M, Stehle P, Pietrzik K, Breidenassel C, Spinneker A, Al Tahan J, Segoviano M, Berchtold A, Bierschbach C, Blatzheim E, Schuch A, Pickert P, Castillo MJ, Ortega FB, Ruiz JR, Artero G, España V, Jiménez Pavón D, Chillón P, Sánchez Muñoz C, Arcella D, Azzini E, Barrison E, Bevilacqua N, Buonocore P, Catasta G, Censi L, Ciarapica D, D'Acapito P, Ferrari M, Galfo M, Le Donne C, Leclercq C, Maiani G, Mauro B, Mistura L, Pasquali A, Piccinelli R, Polito A, Spada R, Sette S, Zaccaria M, Montagnese C, De Bourdeaudhuij I, De Vriendt T, Matthys C, Vereecken C, de Maeyer M, Ottevaere C, Huybrechts I, Widhalm K, Dietrich S, Kubelka B, Boriss Riedl M, Manios Y, Grammatikaki E, Bouloubasi Z, Cook TL, Eleutheriou S, Consta O, Moschonis G, Katsaroli I, Kraniou G, Papoutsou S, Keke D, Petraki I, Bellou E, Tanagra S, Argyropoulou D, Kondaki K, Tsikrika S, Karaiskos C, Meirhaeghe A, Hagströmer M, Hurtig Wennlöf A, Hallström L, Patterson E, Kwak L, Rizzo N, Sánchez Molero J, Picó E, Navarro M, Viadel B, Carreres JE, Merino G, Sanjuán R, Lorente M, José Sánchez M, Thomas S, Allchurch E, Burgess P, Astrom A, Sverkén A, Broberg A, Masson A, Lehoux C, Brabant P, Pate P, Fontaine L, Sebok A, Kuti T, Hegyi A, Maldonado C, Llorente A, García E, Fircks Hv, Lilja Hallberg M, Larsson M, Fredriksson H, Adamsson V, Börjesson I, Fernández L, Smillie L, Wills J, Valtueña J, Albers U, Pedrero R, Meléndez A, Benito PJ, José Gómez Lorente J, Cañada D, Urzanqui A, María Torres R, Navarro P., VITAGLIONE, PAOLA, European Commission, Research Foundation - Flanders, De Vriendt, Tineke, Clays, El, Moreno, Luis A, Bergman, Patrick, Vicente Rodriguez, Germán, Nagy, Eniko, Dietrich, Sabine, Manios, Yanni, De Henauw, Stefaan, Moreno, La, Gottrand, F, De Henauw, S, González Gross, M, Gilbert, C, Kafatos, A, Libersa, C, Castelló, S, Kersting, M, Sjöstrom, M, Molnár, D, Dallongeville, J, Hall, G, Maes, L, Scalfi, L, Meléndez, P, Fleta, J, Casajús, Ja, Rodríguez, G, Tomás, C, Mesana, Mi, Vicente Rodríguez, G, Villarroya, A, Gil, Cm, Ara, I, Revenga, J, Lachen, C, Fernández Alvira, J, Bueno, G, Lázaro, A, Bueno, O, León, Jf, Jesús, M, Bueno, M, Pablo Rey López, J, Iglesia, I, Velasco, P, Bel, S, Gracia Marco, La, Mouratidou, T, Wärnberg, J, Nova, E, Gómez, S, Esperanza Díaz, L, Romeo, J, Veses, A, Zapatera, B, Pozo, T, Martínez, D, Beghin, L, Iliescu, C, Von Berlepsch, J, Sichert Hellert, W, Koeppen, E, Molnar, D, Erhardt, E, Csernus, K, Török, K, Bokor, S, Nagy, E, Kovács, O, Répasi, J, Codrington, C, Plada, M, Papadaki, A, Sarri, K, Viskadourou, A, Hatzis, C, Kiriakakis, M, Tsibinos, G, Vardavas, C, Sbokos, M, Protoyeraki, E, Fasoulaki, M, Stehle, P, Pietrzik, K, Breidenassel, C, Spinneker, A, Al Tahan, J, Segoviano, M, Berchtold, A, Bierschbach, C, Blatzheim, E, Schuch, A, Pickert, P, Castillo, Mj, Ortega, Fb, Ruiz, Jr, Artero, G, España, V, Jiménez Pavón, D, Chillón, P, Sánchez Muñoz, C, Arcella, D, Azzini, E, Barrison, E, Bevilacqua, N, Buonocore, P, Catasta, G, Censi, L, Ciarapica, D, D'Acapito, P, Ferrari, M, Galfo, M, Le Donne, C, Leclercq, C, Maiani, G, Mauro, B, Mistura, L, Pasquali, A, Piccinelli, R, Polito, A, Spada, R, Sette, S, Zaccaria, M, Vitaglione, Paola, Montagnese, C, De Bourdeaudhuij, I, De Vriendt, T, Matthys, C, Vereecken, C, de Maeyer, M, Ottevaere, C, Huybrechts, I, Widhalm, K, Dietrich, S, Kubelka, B, Boriss Riedl, M, Manios, Y, Grammatikaki, E, Bouloubasi, Z, Cook, Tl, Eleutheriou, S, Consta, O, Moschonis, G, Katsaroli, I, Kraniou, G, Papoutsou, S, Keke, D, Petraki, I, Bellou, E, Tanagra, S, Argyropoulou, D, Kondaki, K, Tsikrika, S, Karaiskos, C, Meirhaeghe, A, Hagströmer, M, Hurtig Wennlöf, A, Hallström, L, Patterson, E, Kwak, L, Rizzo, N, Sánchez Molero, J, Picó, E, Navarro, M, Viadel, B, Carreres, Je, Merino, G, Sanjuán, R, Lorente, M, José Sánchez, M, Thomas, S, Allchurch, E, Burgess, P, Astrom, A, Sverkén, A, Broberg, A, Masson, A, Lehoux, C, Brabant, P, Pate, P, Fontaine, L, Sebok, A, Kuti, T, Hegyi, A, Maldonado, C, Llorente, A, García, E, Fircks, Hv, Lilja Hallberg, M, Larsson, M, Fredriksson, H, Adamsson, V, Börjesson, I, Fernández, L, Smillie, L, Wills, J, Valtueña, J, Albers, U, Pedrero, R, Meléndez, A, Benito, Pj, José Gómez Lorente, J, Cañada, D, Urzanqui, A, María Torres, R, Navarro, P., and Matthys, Christophe

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Intraclass correlation, Reproducibility of Result, CHILDREN, DETERMINANTS, SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASE, Stress, Cronbach's alpha, Surveys and Questionnaires, Medicine and Health Sciences, medicine, Criterion validity, Surveys and Questionnaire, Humans, Obesity, Psychiatry, Child, Reliability (statistics), GENDER-DIFFERENCES, business.industry, CORTISOL, Phychological, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Construct validity, Reproducibility of Results, HEALTHY LIFE-STYLE, lcsh:RA1-1270, METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES, Confirmatory factor analysis, Social Cla, Europe, INDIVIDUALS, Social Class, Scale (social sciences), NUTRITION, Female, business, Stress, Psychological, Human, Clinical psychology, Psychopathology, Research Article
Abstract

The HELENA Study Group: et al., [Background]: Since stress is hypothesized to play a role in the etiology of obesity during adolescence, research on associations between adolescent stress and obesity-related parameters and behaviours is essential. Due to lack of a well-established recent stress checklist for use in European adolescents, the study investigated the reliability and validity of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ) for assessing perceived stress in European adolescents., [Methods]: The ASQ was translated into the languages of the participating cities (Ghent, Stockholm, Vienna, Zaragoza, Pecs and Athens) and was implemented within the HELENA cross-sectional study. A total of 1140 European adolescents provided a valid ASQ, comprising 10 component scales, used for internal reliability (Cronbach α) and construct validity (confirmatory factor analysis or CFA). Contributions of socio-demographic (gender, age, pubertal stage, socio-economic status) characteristics to the ASQ score variances were investigated. Two-hundred adolescents also provided valid saliva samples for cortisol analysis to compare with the ASQ scores (criterion validity). Test-retest reliability was investigated using two ASQ assessments from 37 adolescents., [Results]: Cronbach α-values of the ASQ scales (0.57 to 0.88) demonstrated a moderate internal reliability of the ASQ, and intraclass correlation coefficients (0.45 to 0.84) established an insufficient test-retest reliability of the ASQ. The adolescents' gender (girls had higher stress scores than boys) and pubertal stage (those in a post-pubertal development had higher stress scores than others) significantly contributed to the variance in ASQ scores, while their age and socio-economic status did not. CFA results showed that the original scale construct fitted moderately with the data in our European adolescent population. Only in boys, four out of 10 ASQ scale scores were a significant positive predictor for baseline wake-up salivary cortisol, suggesting a rather poor criterion validity of the ASQ, especially in girls., [Conclusions]: In our European adolescent sample, the ASQ had an acceptable internal reliability and construct validity and the adolescents' gender and pubertal stage systematically contributed to the ASQ variance, but its test-retest reliability and criterion validity were rather poor. Overall, the utility of the ASQ for assessing perceived stress in adolescents across Europe is uncertain and some aspects require further examination., The HELENA Study takes place with the financial support of the European Community Sixth RTD Framework Programme (Contract FOOD-CT-2005-007034). Tineke De Vriendt is financially supported by the Research Foundation - Flanders (Grant number: 1.1.746.09.N.01).

Published
2010

3. Association of objectively measured physical activity with body components in European adolescents.

Author

Jiménez-Pavón D, Fernández-Vázquez A, Alexy U, Pedrero R, Cuenca-García M, Polito A, Vanhelst J, Manios Y, Kafatos A, Molnar D, Sjöström M, and Moreno LA

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Adipose Tissue, Adolescent, Cross-Sectional Studies, Europe, Exercise physiology, Humans, Linear Models, Male, Actigraphy, Anthropometry, Motor Activity physiology
Abstract

Background: Physical activity (PA) is suggested to contribute to fat loss not only through increasing energy expenditure "per se" but also increasing muscle mass; therefore, it would be interesting to better understand the specific associations of PA with the different body's components such as fat mass and muscle mass. The aim of the present study was to examine the association between objectively measured PA and indices of fat mass and muscle components independently of each other giving, at the same time, gender-specific information in a wide cohort of European adolescents., Methods: A cross-sectional study in a school setting was conducted in 2200 (1016 males) adolescents (14.7 ± 1.2 years). Weight, height, skinfold thickness, bioimpedance and PA (accelerometry) were measured. Indices of fat mass (body mass index, % fat mass, sum of skinfolds) and muscular component (assessed as fat-free mass) were calculated. Multiple regression analyses were performed adjusting for several confounders including fat-free mass and fat mass when possible., Results: Vigorous PA was positively associated with height (p<0.05) in males, whilst, vigorous PA, moderate-vigorous PA and average PA were negatively associated with all the indices of fat mass (all p<0.01) in both genders, except for average PA in relation with body mass index in females. Regarding muscular components, vigorous PA showed positive associations with fat-free mass and muscle mass (all p<0.05) in both genders. Average PA was positively associated with fat-free mass (both p<0.05) in males and females., Conclusion: The present study suggests that PA, especially vigorous PA, is negatively associated with indices of fat mass and positively associated with markers of muscle mass, after adjusting for several confounders (including indices of fat mass and muscle mass when possible). Future studies should focus not only on the classical relationship between PA and fat mass, but also on PA and muscular components, analyzing the independent role of both with the different PA intensities.

Published
2013
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