- Title
- Impaired physical function associated with childhood obesity: how should we intervene?
- Creator
- Tsiros, Margarita D.; Buckley, Jonathan D.; Shultz, Sarah P.; Grimshaw, Paul N.; Grigg, Kane; Coates, Alison M.; Olds, Timothy; Howe, Peter R. C.; Hills, Andrew P.; Walkley, Jeff; Wood, Rachel; Kagawa, Masaharu; Shield, Anthony; Taylor, Lara
- Relation
- Childhood Obesity Vol. 12, Issue 2, p. 126-134
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/chi.2015.0123
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Background: This study examined relationships between adiposity, physical functioning, and physical activity. Methods: Obese (N = 107) and healthy-weight (N = 132) children aged 10-13 years underwent assessments of percent body fat (%BF, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry); knee extensor strength (KE, isokinetic dynamometry); cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF, peak oxygen uptake by cycle ergometry); physical health-related quality of life (HRQOL); and worst pain intensity and walking capacity [six-minute walk (6MWT)]. Structural equation modelling was used to assess relationships between variables. Results: Moderate relationships were observed between %BF and (1) 6MWT, (2) KE strength corrected for mass, and (3) CRF relative to mass (r -0.36 to -0.69, p ≤ 0.007). Weak relationships were found between %BF and physical HRQOL (r -0.27, p = 0.008); CRF relative to mass and physical HRQOL (r -0.24, p = 0.003); physical activity and 6MWT (r 0.17, p = 0.004). Squared multiple correlations showed that 29.6% variance in physical HRQOL was explained by %BF, pain, and CRF relative to mass; while 28.0% variance in 6MWT was explained by %BF and physical activity. Conclusions: It appears that children with a higher body fat percentage have poorer KE strength, CRF, and overall physical functioning. Reducing percent fat appears to be the best target to improve functioning. However, a combined approach to intervention, targeting reductions in body fat percentage, reductions in pain, and improvements in physical activity and CRF may assist physical functioning.
- Subject
- childhood obesity; physical function; adiposity; physical activity
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1322050
- Identifier
- uon:24502
- Identifier
- ISSN:2153-2168
- Language
- eng
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