The Influence of Abdominal Adiposity and Physical Fitness on Obesity Status of Portuguese Adolescents

Samuel Gonçalves Almeida da Encarnação, Pedro Flores, David Magalhães, Gil Afonso, Albino Pereira, Rui Brito Fonseca, Joana Ribeiro, Sandra Silva-Santos, José Eduardo Teixeira, António Miguel Monteiro, Ricardo Ferraz, Luís Branquinho and Pedro Forte
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Samuel Gonçalves Almeida da Encarnação: Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Pedro Flores: Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro (ISCE Douro), 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal
David Magalhães: Agrupamento de Escolas de Vilela, 4580-651 Paredes, Portugal
Gil Afonso: Agrupamento de Escolas de Vilela, 4580-651 Paredes, Portugal
Albino Pereira: Agrupamento de Escolas de Vilela, 4580-651 Paredes, Portugal
Rui Brito Fonseca: Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro (ISCE Douro), 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal
Joana Ribeiro: Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro (ISCE Douro), 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal
Sandra Silva-Santos: Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro (ISCE Douro), 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal
José Eduardo Teixeira: Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
António Miguel Monteiro: Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Ricardo Ferraz: Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Luís Branquinho: Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Pedro Forte: Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 18, 1-11

Abstract: The aim of this study was to verify the relationship between abdominal adiposity and physical fitness in the obesity status of Portuguese adolescents. BMI, abdominal adiposity, and physical fitness tests from the FITescola ® were evaluated in a total of 654 Portuguese adolescents, aged 10-19 years old—male: n = 334 (51%), female: n = 320 (49%). For the final model, BMI was positively related with age ( ? = 0.25), abdominal adiposity ( ? = 0.313), horizontal jump ( ? = ?0.100), 40 m maximal velocity ( ? = 0.274), and aerobic fitness ( ? = ?0.250, R 2 = 0.75, F = 382.2, and p = 0.0001). We conclude that higher age and abdominal adiposity are positively related with a higher adolescent BMI. Furthermore, lower horizontal jump distances and worse times on the 40 m maximal velocity were inversely related with a higher adolescent BMI, and lower aerobic fitness was inversely related with a higher adolescent BMI.

Keywords: BMI; overweight/obesity; adolescence; Portugal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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