Physical Fitness, Screen Time and Sleep Habits According to Obesity Levels in Schoolchildren: Findings from the Health Survey of the Extreme South of Chile

Fernanda Carrasco-Marín, Fanny Petermann-Rocha, Miquel Martorell, Yenny Concha-Cisternas, Solange Parra-Soto, Rafael Zapata-Lamana, Javier Albornoz-Guerrero, Guillermo García-Pérez- de-Sevilla, Maria Antonia Parra-Rizo and Igor Cigarroa ()
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Fernanda Carrasco-Marín: Centro de Vida Saludable, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 407386, Chile
Fanny Petermann-Rocha: Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago 8370068, Chile
Miquel Martorell: Centro de Vida Saludable, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 407386, Chile
Yenny Concha-Cisternas: Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Talca 3460000, Chile
Solange Parra-Soto: Department of Nutrition and Public Health, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillan 3780000, Chile
Rafael Zapata-Lamana: Escuela de Educación, Universidad de Concepción, Los Ángeles 4440000, Chile
Javier Albornoz-Guerrero: Departamento de Educación y Humanidades, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6200000, Chile
Guillermo García-Pérez- de-Sevilla: Faculty of Sports Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain
Maria Antonia Parra-Rizo: Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University (VIU), 46002 Valencia, Spain
Igor Cigarroa: Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Los Ángeles 4440000, Chile

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 20, 1-13

Abstract: Obesity is a worry because it is associated with a greater burden of disease, and it has been shown to be related to the health habits and physical condition of children and adolescents. Objective: To associate physical fitness, screen time, and sleep habits with the different categories of obesity in schoolchildren from the extreme south of Chile. Methods: 583 schoolchildren were included in this cross-sectional analysis. The screen time and sleep habits were measured with the Sleep Self-Report questionnaire, while the physical fitness was assessed with the Alpha Fitness test battery. The Body Mass Index/age (BMI/age) and the Waist-to-Height ratio (WtHr) were used to define adiposity using the following categories: healthy weight/low-risk waist-to-height ratio (H/LR), healthy weight/high-risk waist-to-height ratio (H/HR), overweight/low-risk waist to height ratio (O/LR), and overweight/high-risk waist to height ratio (O/HR). Results: A considerable number of schoolchildren (23.2%) presented sleep problems, while the mean screen time was 9.3 (95% CI: 8.4; 10.1) hours/day. Schoolchildren classified as H/HR showed better physical fitness than the O/HR group but worse physical fitness than the H/LR group. Conclusions: Significant differences were evidenced in the physical fitness between the adiposity categories, which could open future lines of research concerning the characterization of the healthy weight-obese adiposity categories in children.

Keywords: Body Mass Index; body composition; healthy weight-obese; physical fitness; sleeping habits; screen time (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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