Bradley M Appelhans1,2, Simone A French3, Molly A Martin4, Michelle Li1, Lauren Bradley2, Karen Lui5, Imke Janssen1, Maria E Bleil6. 1. Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 3. Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. 4. Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 5. Department of Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 6. Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study examined predictors of physical performance, a key aspect of quality of life, in children with excess weight. METHODS: Participants were 269 children aged 6-12 years with a body mass index above the 85th percentile. Children completed a standardized physical performance task capturing lower extremity strength, balance, and gait speed. Height, weight, and waist circumference were objectively measured, and daily moderate-vigorous physical activity (min/day) and sedentary time (% of day) were assessed with a 7-day accelerometer protocol. RESULTS: Physical performance task completion averaged 15.0 (SD = 2.5) seconds. Children with higher body mass index z-scores and waist circumferences had significantly longer task completion times. The task took 1.8 additional seconds per 1.0 body mass index z-score (p < .001), and 1.2 additional seconds for every 20 cm higher waist circumference (p < .001). Daily moderate-vigorous physical activity and sedentary time were unrelated to physical performance, and did not moderate its associations with the adiposity measures. CONCLUSION: Among children with excess weight, physical performance declines with increasing levels of total and central adiposity. Daily activity levels do not moderate this association. Interventions that directly target weight reduction would likely yield the greatest improvement in physical performance in children with overweight or obesity.
OBJECTIVE: This study examined predictors of physical performance, a key aspect of quality of life, in children with excess weight. METHODS: Participants were 269 children aged 6-12 years with a body mass index above the 85th percentile. Children completed a standardized physical performance task capturing lower extremity strength, balance, and gait speed. Height, weight, and waist circumference were objectively measured, and daily moderate-vigorous physical activity (min/day) and sedentary time (% of day) were assessed with a 7-day accelerometer protocol. RESULTS: Physical performance task completion averaged 15.0 (SD = 2.5) seconds. Children with higher body mass index z-scores and waist circumferences had significantly longer task completion times. The task took 1.8 additional seconds per 1.0 body mass index z-score (p < .001), and 1.2 additional seconds for every 20 cm higher waist circumference (p < .001). Daily moderate-vigorous physical activity and sedentary time were unrelated to physical performance, and did not moderate its associations with the adiposity measures. CONCLUSION: Among children with excess weight, physical performance declines with increasing levels of total and central adiposity. Daily activity levels do not moderate this association. Interventions that directly target weight reduction would likely yield the greatest improvement in physical performance in children with overweight or obesity.
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