| Literature DB >> 19345989 |
Hanna-Reetta Lajunen1, Anna Keski-Rahkonen, Lea Pulkkinen, Richard J Rose, Aila Rissanen, Jaakko Kaprio.
Abstract
We examined longitudinal associations between individual leisure activities (television viewing, video viewing, computer games, listening to music, board games, musical instrument playing, reading, arts, crafts, socializing, clubs or scouts, sports, outdoor activities) and being overweight using logistic regression and latent class analysis in a cohort of Finnish twins responding to self-report questionnaires at 11-12 (N=5184), 14, and 17 years. We also studied activity patterns ("Active and sociable", "Active but less sociable", "Passive but sociable", "Passive and solitary") thought to represent different lifestyles. Among boys, activity patterns did not predict becoming overweight, but sports and playing an instrument reduced the risk and arts and listening to music increased it. Among girls, few individual leisure activities predicted becoming overweight. However, girls in the "Passive and solitary" cluster carried the greatest risk of becoming overweight in late adolescence. Studying leisure activities related to overweight may help focus specific interventions on high risk groups.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19345989 PMCID： PMC2735596 DOI： 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.03.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Adolesc ISSN： 0140-1971