RT Journal Article
T1 Prepubertal Children With Metabolically Healthy Obesity or Overweight Are More Active Than Their Metabolically Unhealthy Peers Irrespective of Weight Status: GENOBOX Study.
A1 Llorente-Cantarero, Francisco Jesus
A1 Leis, Rosaura
A1 Ruperez, Azahara I
A1 Anguita-Ruiz, Augusto
A1 Vazquez-Cobela, Rocio
A1 Flores-Rojas, Katherine
A1 Gonzalez-Gil, Esther M
A1 Aguilera, Concepcion M
A1 Moreno, Luis A
A1 Gil-Campos, Mercedes
A1 Bueno, Gloria
K1 Body composition
K1 Body mass index
K1 Childhood
K1 Health
K1 Metabolic syndrome
K1 Metabolism
K1 Physical activity
AB The association of a metabolically healthy status with the practice of physical activity (PA) remains unclear. Sedentarism and low PA have been linked to increased cardiometabolic risk. The aim of this study was to evaluate the PA levels in metabolically healthy (MH) or unhealthy (MU) prepubertal children with or without overweight/obesity. A total 275 children (144 boys) with 9 ± 2 years old were selected for the GENOBOX study. PA times and intensities were evaluated by accelerometry, and anthropometry, blood pressure, and blood biochemical markers were analyzed. Children were considered to have normal weight or obesity, and further classified as MH or MU upon fulfillment of the considered metabolic criteria. Classification resulted in 119 MH children (21% with overweight/obesity, referred to as MHO) and 156 MU children (47% with overweight/obesity, referred to as MUO). Regarding metabolic profile, MHO showed lower blood pressure levels, both systolic and diastolic and biochemical markers levels, such as glucose, Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance, triglycerides and higher HDL-c levels than MUO (P  Prepubertal MHO children are less sedentary, more active, and have better metabolic profiles than their MUO peers. However, all children, especially girls, should increase their PA engagement, both in terms of time and intensity because PA appears to be beneficial for metabolic health status itself.
PB Frontiers Research Foundation
SN 2296-861X
YR 2022
FD 2022-02-22
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20658
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20658
LA en
NO Llorente-Cantarero FJ, Leis R, Rupérez AI, Anguita-Ruiz A, Vázquez-Cobela R, Flores-Rojas K, et al. Prepubertal Children With Metabolically Healthy Obesity or Overweight Are More Active Than Their Metabolically Unhealthy Peers Irrespective of Weight Status: GENOBOX Study. Front Nutr. 2022 Apr 12;9:821548
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RD Apr 4, 2025