dc.creatorLatorre Román, Pedro Ángel
dc.creatorGuzmán Guzmán, Iris Paola
dc.creatorAntonio Párraga Montilla, Juan
dc.creatorCaamaño Navarrete, Felipe
dc.creatorSalas Sánchez, Jesús
dc.creatorPalomino Devia, Constanza
dc.creatorReyes Oyola, Felipe Augusto
dc.creatorÁlvarez, Cristian
dc.creatorde la Casa Pérez, Ana
dc.creatorCardona Linares, Antonio J.
dc.creatorDelgado Floody, Pedro
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-29T15:37:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-02T15:12:18Z
dc.date.available2023-11-29T15:37:23Z
dc.date.available2024-05-02T15:12:18Z
dc.date.created2023-11-29T15:37:23Z
dc.date.issued2022-07
dc.identifierPediatric Obesity, Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2022, Article number e12901
dc.identifier2047-6302
dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.unab.cl/xmlui/handle/ria/54231
dc.identifier10.1111/ijpo.12901
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/9263804
dc.description.abstractBackground: Identifying environmental factors that influence health in children are necessary to develop preventive strategies. Objective: To determine the association between the lifestyles of children (i.e., Mediterranean diet (MD), physical activity (PA), fitness and screen time (ST) with abdominal obesity (AO) of preschoolers from three Spanish-speaking countries (Chile, Colombia and Spain) with different socioeconomic levels and Human Development Index (HDI) indicators. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 982 schoolchildren (aged 4–6 years; 56.8% girls) from Chile (n = 409), Colombia (n = 281), and Spain (n = 292). Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WtHR), adherence to the MD, PA, ST and physical fitness were evaluated. Results: Spanish preschoolers reported a lower WtHR (p < 0.001), greater physical fitness (Z-score) (p < 0.001) and higher adherence to the MD (p < 0.001) than their Chilean and Colombian peers. In addition, Colombian preschoolers had a better lifestyle (PA + ST) than their Chilean and Spanish peers (p < 0.001). Chilean preschoolers reported a higher prevalence of AO than the Spanish preschoolers (65% vs. 51.9%; p = 0.001). Conclusion: Lifestyle had a significant association with AO among Spanish-speaking preschool children, with physical fitness especially being a relevant factor regardless of the country of origin. The findings of the current study may support the development of public guidelines focusing on healthy lifestyles in children to create effective plans that contribute to the early treatment of AO in preschool children. © 2022 The Authors. Pediatric Obesity published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of World Obesity Federation.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0 DEED Attribution 4.0 International
dc.subjectCardiorespiratory fitness
dc.subjectChildren
dc.subjectNutritional level
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectPhysical activity
dc.titleHealthy lifestyles and physical fitness are associated with abdominal obesity among Latin-American and Spanish preschool children: A cross-cultural study
dc.typeArtículo


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