The environment contribution to gender differences in childhood obesity and organized sports engagement

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Autor(a) principal: Nogueira, Helena
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Costeira e Pereira, Margarida M., Costa, Diogo, Gama, Augusta, Machado‐Rodrigues, Aristides, Silva, Maria Raquel, Marques, Vítor R., Padez, Cristina M.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10284/10108
Resumo: Objective: This study aims to analyze gender-specific associations between sports activity outside of school and obesity, observing to what extent the local built environment contributes to the patterns found. Methods: A total of 2253 children aged 6.0-11.0 years were assessed: 49.3% girls and 50.7% boys. Children's weight and height were measured, age and sex-specific BMI cut-off points were used to define normal vs overweight/obesity. Children's organized sports (OS) activity was assessed by questionnaire, and local facilities for children's engagement in OS were analyzed. Logistic regression models were computed, adjusted for confounding variables. Results: Results showed greater overweight and obesity (25.1% vs 20.1%) and lower OS engagement (66.5% vs 73.8%) in girls as well as greater impact of OS engagement on weight status in girls (OR for having a normal weight = 1.434 in girls vs 1.043 in boys). Additionally, opportunities to engage in OS were scarce for girls. Conclusions: The gender gap in children's weight status and OS engagement might be enhanced by an environmental mismatch that undermines girls' opportunities to play sports. There should be more opportunities for girls to engage in their favorite sports as a means to tackle the obesity epidemic and to promote gender equality.
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spelling The environment contribution to gender differences in childhood obesity and organized sports engagementChildFemaleHumansMaleOverweightPediatric obesityPortugalRegression analysisSex factorsYouth sportsEnvironmentObjective: This study aims to analyze gender-specific associations between sports activity outside of school and obesity, observing to what extent the local built environment contributes to the patterns found. Methods: A total of 2253 children aged 6.0-11.0 years were assessed: 49.3% girls and 50.7% boys. Children's weight and height were measured, age and sex-specific BMI cut-off points were used to define normal vs overweight/obesity. Children's organized sports (OS) activity was assessed by questionnaire, and local facilities for children's engagement in OS were analyzed. Logistic regression models were computed, adjusted for confounding variables. Results: Results showed greater overweight and obesity (25.1% vs 20.1%) and lower OS engagement (66.5% vs 73.8%) in girls as well as greater impact of OS engagement on weight status in girls (OR for having a normal weight = 1.434 in girls vs 1.043 in boys). Additionally, opportunities to engage in OS were scarce for girls. Conclusions: The gender gap in children's weight status and OS engagement might be enhanced by an environmental mismatch that undermines girls' opportunities to play sports. There should be more opportunities for girls to engage in their favorite sports as a means to tackle the obesity epidemic and to promote gender equality.WileyRepositório Institucional da Universidade Fernando PessoaNogueira, HelenaCosteira e Pereira, Margarida M.Costa, DiogoGama, AugustaMachado‐Rodrigues, AristidesSilva, Maria RaquelMarques, Vítor R.Padez, Cristina M.2021-07-16T11:13:17Z2019-01-01T00:00:00Z2019-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10284/10108eng1520-630010.1002/ajhb.23322metadata only accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-09-06T02:09:23Zoai:bdigital.ufp.pt:10284/10108Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:46:52.255067Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The environment contribution to gender differences in childhood obesity and organized sports engagement
title The environment contribution to gender differences in childhood obesity and organized sports engagement
spellingShingle The environment contribution to gender differences in childhood obesity and organized sports engagement
Nogueira, Helena
Child
Female
Humans
Male
Overweight
Pediatric obesity
Portugal
Regression analysis
Sex factors
Youth sports
Environment
title_short The environment contribution to gender differences in childhood obesity and organized sports engagement
title_full The environment contribution to gender differences in childhood obesity and organized sports engagement
title_fullStr The environment contribution to gender differences in childhood obesity and organized sports engagement
title_full_unstemmed The environment contribution to gender differences in childhood obesity and organized sports engagement
title_sort The environment contribution to gender differences in childhood obesity and organized sports engagement
author Nogueira, Helena
author_facet Nogueira, Helena
Costeira e Pereira, Margarida M.
Costa, Diogo
Gama, Augusta
Machado‐Rodrigues, Aristides
Silva, Maria Raquel
Marques, Vítor R.
Padez, Cristina M.
author_role author
author2 Costeira e Pereira, Margarida M.
Costa, Diogo
Gama, Augusta
Machado‐Rodrigues, Aristides
Silva, Maria Raquel
Marques, Vítor R.
Padez, Cristina M.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Institucional da Universidade Fernando Pessoa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Nogueira, Helena
Costeira e Pereira, Margarida M.
Costa, Diogo
Gama, Augusta
Machado‐Rodrigues, Aristides
Silva, Maria Raquel
Marques, Vítor R.
Padez, Cristina M.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Child
Female
Humans
Male
Overweight
Pediatric obesity
Portugal
Regression analysis
Sex factors
Youth sports
Environment
topic Child
Female
Humans
Male
Overweight
Pediatric obesity
Portugal
Regression analysis
Sex factors
Youth sports
Environment
description Objective: This study aims to analyze gender-specific associations between sports activity outside of school and obesity, observing to what extent the local built environment contributes to the patterns found. Methods: A total of 2253 children aged 6.0-11.0 years were assessed: 49.3% girls and 50.7% boys. Children's weight and height were measured, age and sex-specific BMI cut-off points were used to define normal vs overweight/obesity. Children's organized sports (OS) activity was assessed by questionnaire, and local facilities for children's engagement in OS were analyzed. Logistic regression models were computed, adjusted for confounding variables. Results: Results showed greater overweight and obesity (25.1% vs 20.1%) and lower OS engagement (66.5% vs 73.8%) in girls as well as greater impact of OS engagement on weight status in girls (OR for having a normal weight = 1.434 in girls vs 1.043 in boys). Additionally, opportunities to engage in OS were scarce for girls. Conclusions: The gender gap in children's weight status and OS engagement might be enhanced by an environmental mismatch that undermines girls' opportunities to play sports. There should be more opportunities for girls to engage in their favorite sports as a means to tackle the obesity epidemic and to promote gender equality.
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