RT Journal Article
T1 Combined Body Mass Index and Waist-to-Height Ratio and Its Association with Lifestyle and Health Factors among Spanish Children: The PASOS Study.
A1 Bibiloni, Maria Del Mar
A1 Gallardo-Alfaro, Laura
A1 Gómez, Santiago F
A1 Wärnberg, Julia
A1 Osés-Recalde, Maddi
A1 González-Gross, Marcela
A1 Gusi, Narcís
A1 Aznar, Susana
A1 Marín-Cascales, Elena
A1 González-Valeiro, Miguel
A1 Serra-Majem, Lluís
A1 Terrados, Nicolás
A1 Segu, Marta
A1 Lassale, Camille
A1 Homs, Clara
A1 Benavente-Marín, Juan Carlos
A1 Labayen, Idoia
A1 Zapico, Augusto G
A1 Sánchez-Gómez, Jesús
A1 Jiménez-Zazo, Fabio
A1 Alcaraz, Pedro E
A1 Sevilla-Sánchez, Marta
A1 Herrera-Ramos, Estefanía
A1 Pulgar, Susana
A1 Sistac, Clara
A1 Schröder, Helmut
A1 Bouzas, Cristina
A1 Tur, Josep A
K1 Mediterranean diet
K1 PASOS
K1 adolescents
K1 children
K1 lifestyle
AB The World Health Organization recommended simultaneous measurement of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) and suggested joint use to predict disease risks. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of BMI and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) categories among Spanish children and adolescents, as well as their associations with several lifestyle factors. Cross-sectional analysis of 8-16-year-old children and adolescents (n = 3772) were included in the PASOS nationwide representative study. Children/adolescents and their mothers/female caregivers answered a questionnaire on lifestyle and health factors. Child/adolescent anthropometrics were measured. Four combined BMI-WHtR disease risk categories were built. A third of participants showed combined BMI-WHtR categories with high disease risk (12.3% 'increased risk', 9.7% 'high risk', 14.3% 'very high risk'). Participants in the 'very high risk' group were less likely to be females (odds ratio 0.63; 95% CI: 0.52-0.76) and adolescents (0.60; 95% CI: 0.49-0.72), to practice ≥60 min/day of moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) (0.73; 95% CI: 0.57-0.93), and to watch  Adherence to a healthy lifestyle in children and adolescents, but also in their mothers/female caregivers during offspring's childhood and adolescence, is associated with low BMI-WHtR disease risk.
YR 2022
FD 2022-01-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21450
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21450
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 19, 2025