Revisiting the cross‐sectional and prospective association of physical activity with body composition and physical fitness in preschoolers : A compositional data approach
Migueles, J. H., Delisle Nyström, C., Leppänen, M. H., Henriksson, P., & Löf, M. (2022). Revisiting the cross‐sectional and prospective association of physical activity with body composition and physical fitness in preschoolers : A compositional data approach. Pediatric Obesity, 17(8), Article e12909. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12909
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Background
Information is limited for the benefits of physical activity (PA) in preschoolers. Previous research using accelerometer-assessed PA may be affected for multicollinearity issues.
Objectives
This study investigated the cross-sectional and prospective associations of sedentary behaviour (SB) and PA with body composition and physical fitness using compositional data analysis.
Methods
Baseline PA and SB were collected in 4-year-old (n = 315) using wrist-worn GT3X+ during seven 24 h-periods. Body composition (air-displacement plethysmography) and physical fitness (PREFIT test battery) were assessed at baseline and at the 12-month follow-up.
Results
Increasing vigorous PA at expenses of lower-intensity behaviours for 4-year-old was associated with body composition and physical fitness at cross-sectional and longitudinal levels. For example, reallocating 15 min/day from lower intensities to vigorous PA at baseline was associated with higher fat-free mass index (+0.45 kg/m2, 95% confidence intervals [CI]: 0.18–0.72 kg/m2), higher upper-body strength (+0.6 kg, 95% CI: 0.1–1.19 kg), higher lower-body strength (+8 cm, 95% CI: 3–13 cm), and shorter time in completing the motor fitness test (−0.4 s, 95% CI: −0.82 to [−0.01] s) at the 12-month follow-up. Pairwise reallocations of time indicated that the behaviour replaced was not relevant, as long as vigorous PA was increased.
Conclusions
More time in vigorous PA may imply short- and long-term benefits on body composition and physical fitness in preschoolers. These findings using compositional data analysis corroborate our previously published results using isotemporal substitution models.
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The MINISTOP project was funded by the Swedish Research Council (project no. 2012–2883, Marie Löf), the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (2012–0906, Marie Löf; 2021-00036, Jairo H Migueles), Bo and Vera Axson Johnsons Foundation and Karolinska Institutet (Marie Löf).License
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