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Longitudinal Association between Weight Status, Aerobic Capacity, Muscular Strength, and Endurance among New York City Youth, 2010-2017.

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D'Agostino, EM; Day, SE; Konty, KJ; Armstrong, SC; Skinner, AC; Neshteruk, CD
Published in: Child Obes
April 2023

Background: Child weight status is inversely associated with fitness, but less is known about this relationship across fitness domains. This study examined the longitudinal association between weight status and fitness domains in a large, diverse sample of children. Methods: Data were drawn from the New York City Fitnessgram (2010-2011 to 2017-2018). Height and weight were collected annually and converted to weight status using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts. Aerobic capacity, muscular strength, and endurance were measured as age and sex standardized z-scores based on the fitness performance tests. Repeated-measures multilevel models were run testing the association between weight status and 1-year lagged fitness domains. Results: The sample included 917,554 children (51.8% male, 39.3% Hispanic, 29.9% non-Hispanic Black, 13.9%, 4.7%, and 1.7% class I, II, and III obesity, respectively). For each fitness domain, fitness scores decreased with increasing weight status across all demographic categories, with the lowest fitness scores observed in children with the most severe obesity, and highest magnitude of effects for aerobic capacity, and particularly among boys, non-Hispanic Whites, and older youth. For example, compared with youth with healthy weight, youth with overweight had 0.28 standard deviation lower aerobic capacity performance [confidence interval (95% CI): -0.29 to -0.28], followed by class 1 obesity (β = -0.57, 95% CI: -0.58 to -0.57), class 2 obesity (β = -0.88, 95% CI: -0.88 to -0.88), and class 3 obesity (β = -1.19, 95% CI: -1.20 to -1.18). Conclusions: Compared with youth with healthy weight, youth at every other weight status had lower subsequent fitness, with the magnitude of the relationship increasing as weight status increased. Future research should examine interventions targeting aerobic capacity to reduce fitness disparities.

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Child Obes

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EISSN

2153-2176

Publication Date

April 2023

Volume

19

Issue

3

Start / End Page

203 / 212

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Physical Fitness
  • Physical Exertion
  • Pediatric Obesity
  • New York City
  • Muscle Strength
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Exercise
 

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D’Agostino, E. M., Day, S. E., Konty, K. J., Armstrong, S. C., Skinner, A. C., & Neshteruk, C. D. (2023). Longitudinal Association between Weight Status, Aerobic Capacity, Muscular Strength, and Endurance among New York City Youth, 2010-2017. Child Obes, 19(3), 203–212. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2022.0034
D’Agostino, Emily M., Sophia E. Day, Kevin J. Konty, Sarah C. Armstrong, Asheley C. Skinner, and Cody D. Neshteruk. “Longitudinal Association between Weight Status, Aerobic Capacity, Muscular Strength, and Endurance among New York City Youth, 2010-2017.Child Obes 19, no. 3 (April 2023): 203–12. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2022.0034.
D’Agostino EM, Day SE, Konty KJ, Armstrong SC, Skinner AC, Neshteruk CD. Longitudinal Association between Weight Status, Aerobic Capacity, Muscular Strength, and Endurance among New York City Youth, 2010-2017. Child Obes. 2023 Apr;19(3):203–12.
D’Agostino, Emily M., et al. “Longitudinal Association between Weight Status, Aerobic Capacity, Muscular Strength, and Endurance among New York City Youth, 2010-2017.Child Obes, vol. 19, no. 3, Apr. 2023, pp. 203–12. Pubmed, doi:10.1089/chi.2022.0034.
D’Agostino EM, Day SE, Konty KJ, Armstrong SC, Skinner AC, Neshteruk CD. Longitudinal Association between Weight Status, Aerobic Capacity, Muscular Strength, and Endurance among New York City Youth, 2010-2017. Child Obes. 2023 Apr;19(3):203–212.
Journal cover image

Published In

Child Obes

DOI

EISSN

2153-2176

Publication Date

April 2023

Volume

19

Issue

3

Start / End Page

203 / 212

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Physical Fitness
  • Physical Exertion
  • Pediatric Obesity
  • New York City
  • Muscle Strength
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Exercise