Healthy Lifestyle: Relationship between Mediterranean Diet, Body Composition and Physical Fitness in 13 to 16-Years Old Icelandic Students

Childhood and adolescent obesity are currently among the greatest challenges for public health. Physical activity, physical fitness, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD), representing powerful indicators of healthy lifestyles, are shown as determinant factors in the prevention and treatment...

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Autores: Galán López, Pablo, Ries, Francis, Gisladottir, Thordis, Domínguez, Raúl, Sánchez-Oliver, Antonio J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Loyola Andalucía
Repositorio:Brújula
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/5777
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Adolescents
Physical fitness
Mediterranean diet
Body composition
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spelling Healthy Lifestyle: Relationship between Mediterranean Diet, Body Composition and Physical Fitness in 13 to 16-Years Old Icelandic StudentsGalán López, PabloRies, FrancisGisladottir, ThordisDomínguez, RaúlSánchez-Oliver, Antonio J.AdolescentsPhysical fitnessMediterranean dietBody compositionChildhood and adolescent obesity are currently among the greatest challenges for public health. Physical activity, physical fitness, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD), representing powerful indicators of healthy lifestyles, are shown as determinant factors in the prevention and treatment of obesity. The aim of the present study has been to analyse the relationship between health-related physical fitness components, body composition, and adherence to MD in 387 Icelandic adolescents of 13–16-years old (54% boys). The ALPHA Fitness Test was used to measure physical fitness and body composition. The KIDMED questionnaire was used to assess the adherence to MD among participants. Associations between variables were tested according to gender and age using linear regression models and analysis of variance. Participants with high/medium adherence to MD showed significantly higher endurance scores in both the boys and the girls. Gender differences were found. The boys in high/medium MD categories had significantly lower fat percentages and ran a 4 × 10 m sprint faster than the girls. The girls scored higher than the boys in endurance and speed-agility tests. It can be concluded that a high and medium adherence to MD is associated with high and very high endurance in both the girls and the boys.2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/5777reponame:Brújulainstname:Universidad Loyola AndalucíaInglésThis work was supported by the fifth Research Programme 2013-2016 (PPI2015-IV.5 / PP2016-EBRV) of the University of Seville, Seville, Spain and the University of Iceland Research Fund, Reykjavik, Iceland.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uloyola.es:20.500.12412/57772026-06-24T12:48:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Healthy Lifestyle: Relationship between Mediterranean Diet, Body Composition and Physical Fitness in 13 to 16-Years Old Icelandic Students
title Healthy Lifestyle: Relationship between Mediterranean Diet, Body Composition and Physical Fitness in 13 to 16-Years Old Icelandic Students
spellingShingle Healthy Lifestyle: Relationship between Mediterranean Diet, Body Composition and Physical Fitness in 13 to 16-Years Old Icelandic Students
Galán López, Pablo
Adolescents
Physical fitness
Mediterranean diet
Body composition
title_short Healthy Lifestyle: Relationship between Mediterranean Diet, Body Composition and Physical Fitness in 13 to 16-Years Old Icelandic Students
title_full Healthy Lifestyle: Relationship between Mediterranean Diet, Body Composition and Physical Fitness in 13 to 16-Years Old Icelandic Students
title_fullStr Healthy Lifestyle: Relationship between Mediterranean Diet, Body Composition and Physical Fitness in 13 to 16-Years Old Icelandic Students
title_full_unstemmed Healthy Lifestyle: Relationship between Mediterranean Diet, Body Composition and Physical Fitness in 13 to 16-Years Old Icelandic Students
title_sort Healthy Lifestyle: Relationship between Mediterranean Diet, Body Composition and Physical Fitness in 13 to 16-Years Old Icelandic Students
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Galán López, Pablo
Ries, Francis
Gisladottir, Thordis
Domínguez, Raúl
Sánchez-Oliver, Antonio J.
author Galán López, Pablo
author_facet Galán López, Pablo
Ries, Francis
Gisladottir, Thordis
Domínguez, Raúl
Sánchez-Oliver, Antonio J.
author_role author
author2 Ries, Francis
Gisladottir, Thordis
Domínguez, Raúl
Sánchez-Oliver, Antonio J.
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author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Adolescents
Physical fitness
Mediterranean diet
Body composition
topic Adolescents
Physical fitness
Mediterranean diet
Body composition
description Childhood and adolescent obesity are currently among the greatest challenges for public health. Physical activity, physical fitness, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD), representing powerful indicators of healthy lifestyles, are shown as determinant factors in the prevention and treatment of obesity. The aim of the present study has been to analyse the relationship between health-related physical fitness components, body composition, and adherence to MD in 387 Icelandic adolescents of 13–16-years old (54% boys). The ALPHA Fitness Test was used to measure physical fitness and body composition. The KIDMED questionnaire was used to assess the adherence to MD among participants. Associations between variables were tested according to gender and age using linear regression models and analysis of variance. Participants with high/medium adherence to MD showed significantly higher endurance scores in both the boys and the girls. Gender differences were found. The boys in high/medium MD categories had significantly lower fat percentages and ran a 4 × 10 m sprint faster than the girls. The girls scored higher than the boys in endurance and speed-agility tests. It can be concluded that a high and medium adherence to MD is associated with high and very high endurance in both the girls and the boys.
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