Evaluation of Physical Fitness, Body Composition, and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Adolescents from Estonia: The AdolesHealth Study

Unhealthy lifestyles, low levels of physical fitness, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) are associated with bad quality of life and the development of a wide range of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The current study aimed to evaluate the level of adherence to the MD in physical fitness...

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Autores: Galán López, Pablo, Domínguez, Raúl, Pihu, Maret, Gísladóttir, Thordis, Sánchez-Oliver, Antonio J., Ries, Francis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Loyola Andalucía
Repositorio:Brújula
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uloyola.es:20.500.12412/5783
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/5783
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Adolescents
Obesity
Nutrition
Sedentary
Physical inactivity
Lifestyle
Cardiovascular risk factors
Body composition
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spelling Evaluation of Physical Fitness, Body Composition, and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Adolescents from Estonia: The AdolesHealth StudyGalán López, PabloDomínguez, RaúlPihu, MaretGísladóttir, ThordisSánchez-Oliver, Antonio J.Ries, FrancisAdolescentsObesityNutritionSedentaryPhysical inactivityLifestyleCardiovascular risk factorsBody compositionUnhealthy lifestyles, low levels of physical fitness, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) are associated with bad quality of life and the development of a wide range of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The current study aimed to evaluate the level of adherence to the MD in physical fitness performance and body composition parameters in children and adolescents of Estonia. Therefore, 413 adolescents (56% boys) from the city of Tartu completed the Mediterranean Diet Questionnaire (KIDMED) for analyzing the adherence to MD and performed the Alpha Fitness Test for measuring physical fitness and body composition. A 41.67% of low, 44.05% of average, and 14.28% of high adherence to MD was detected, without difference between genders (p = 0.747). In the Alpha Fitness battery, a higher performance was observed in all tests for boys vs. girls (p < 0.05). In relation to body composition, higher height, weight, and waist values were observed in boys (p < 0.05) and a lower body fat percentage (p < 0.01) without differences in body mass index (BMI; p = 0.906). The adherence to the MD is classified as average/low. Gender significantly influences all variables of the Alpha Fitness battery and anthropometrics measures excepting BMI. According the levels of adherence to the MD, no statistically different prevalence was observed for Non-Overweight (N-Oweight), Non-Overfat (N-Ofat), or Non-Overwaist (N-Owaist). Still, a risk factor for Overweight (Oweight) in boys with low adherence was observed in comparison to those with a mid-level of adherence to the MD.2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/5783reponame:Brújulainstname:Universidad Loyola AndalucíaInglésThis work was supported by the fifth Research Program 2013–2016 (PPI2015-IV.5 / PP2016-EBRV) of the University of Seville, Seville, Spain and the University of Tartu.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uloyola.es:20.500.12412/57832026-06-24T12:48:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Evaluation of Physical Fitness, Body Composition, and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Adolescents from Estonia: The AdolesHealth Study
title Evaluation of Physical Fitness, Body Composition, and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Adolescents from Estonia: The AdolesHealth Study
spellingShingle Evaluation of Physical Fitness, Body Composition, and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Adolescents from Estonia: The AdolesHealth Study
Galán López, Pablo
Adolescents
Obesity
Nutrition
Sedentary
Physical inactivity
Lifestyle
Cardiovascular risk factors
Body composition
title_short Evaluation of Physical Fitness, Body Composition, and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Adolescents from Estonia: The AdolesHealth Study
title_full Evaluation of Physical Fitness, Body Composition, and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Adolescents from Estonia: The AdolesHealth Study
title_fullStr Evaluation of Physical Fitness, Body Composition, and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Adolescents from Estonia: The AdolesHealth Study
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Physical Fitness, Body Composition, and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Adolescents from Estonia: The AdolesHealth Study
title_sort Evaluation of Physical Fitness, Body Composition, and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Adolescents from Estonia: The AdolesHealth Study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Galán López, Pablo
Domínguez, Raúl
Pihu, Maret
Gísladóttir, Thordis
Sánchez-Oliver, Antonio J.
Ries, Francis
author Galán López, Pablo
author_facet Galán López, Pablo
Domínguez, Raúl
Pihu, Maret
Gísladóttir, Thordis
Sánchez-Oliver, Antonio J.
Ries, Francis
author_role author
author2 Domínguez, Raúl
Pihu, Maret
Gísladóttir, Thordis
Sánchez-Oliver, Antonio J.
Ries, Francis
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Adolescents
Obesity
Nutrition
Sedentary
Physical inactivity
Lifestyle
Cardiovascular risk factors
Body composition
topic Adolescents
Obesity
Nutrition
Sedentary
Physical inactivity
Lifestyle
Cardiovascular risk factors
Body composition
description Unhealthy lifestyles, low levels of physical fitness, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) are associated with bad quality of life and the development of a wide range of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The current study aimed to evaluate the level of adherence to the MD in physical fitness performance and body composition parameters in children and adolescents of Estonia. Therefore, 413 adolescents (56% boys) from the city of Tartu completed the Mediterranean Diet Questionnaire (KIDMED) for analyzing the adherence to MD and performed the Alpha Fitness Test for measuring physical fitness and body composition. A 41.67% of low, 44.05% of average, and 14.28% of high adherence to MD was detected, without difference between genders (p = 0.747). In the Alpha Fitness battery, a higher performance was observed in all tests for boys vs. girls (p < 0.05). In relation to body composition, higher height, weight, and waist values were observed in boys (p < 0.05) and a lower body fat percentage (p < 0.01) without differences in body mass index (BMI; p = 0.906). The adherence to the MD is classified as average/low. Gender significantly influences all variables of the Alpha Fitness battery and anthropometrics measures excepting BMI. According the levels of adherence to the MD, no statistically different prevalence was observed for Non-Overweight (N-Oweight), Non-Overfat (N-Ofat), or Non-Overwaist (N-Owaist). Still, a risk factor for Overweight (Oweight) in boys with low adherence was observed in comparison to those with a mid-level of adherence to the MD.
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