DSpace Repository

Physical Activity Patterns Among Adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean Region

Show simple item record

dc.contributor.author Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio
dc.contributor.author Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-12T18:25:59Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-12T18:25:59Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12386
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: Physical activity implies different patterns, but many studies have focused on physical inactivity and sedentary behaviors. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of different physical activity patterns among adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean region. METHODS: Pooled analysis of the most updated data of the Global School-based Student Health surveys. Age-standardized prevalence of 4 outcomes was estimated using information from the last 7 days: physical inactivity (0 d of at least 60 min/d), insufficient physical activity (<5 d of at least 60 min/d), commuting physical activity (≥5 d of walking or biking to school), and sedentary behavior (≥3 h/d of sitting time). RESULTS: A total of 132,071 records (33 countries) were analyzed, mean age 14.6 years, 51.2% girls. Pooled age-standardized prevalence of physical inactivity was 22.3%, greater among girls (25.4%) than boys (19.1%); insufficient physical activity was present in 67.7%, greater in girls (73.6%) than boys (61.5%); commuting physical activity was seen in 43.7%, similar between girls (43.3%) and boys (44.1%); and sedentary behavior was present in 43.4%, greater among girls (45.4%) than boys (41.3%). CONCLUSIONS: In Latin America and the Caribbean region, almost two-thirds of adolescents are insufficiently physically active, ≥40% are sedentary, and ≥20% are physically inactive, and these behaviors are more frequent among girls than boys. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Human Kinetics
dc.relation.ispartofseries Journal of Physical Activity and Health
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject age-standardized prevalence en_US
dc.subject cross-sectional survey en_US
dc.subject epidemiology en_US
dc.subject physical inactivity en_US
dc.subject sedentary behavior en_US
dc.title Physical Activity Patterns Among Adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean Region en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2022-0136
dc.relation.issn 1543-5474


Files in this item

Files Size Format View

There are no files associated with this item.

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Search DSpace


Browse

My Account

Statistics