Activity, inactivity, and obesity: racial, ethnic, and age differences among schoolgirls

Physical activity, inactivity, and obesity were assessed by questionnaire among a multiethnic sample of 552 girls in grades 5 through 12. Hispanics and Asians reported lower activity levels than other racial groups. Only 36% of the entire sample and less than one fifth of either Asians or Hispanics...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1993-11, Vol.83 (11), p.1625-1627
Main Authors: Wolf, A.M, Gortmaker, S.L, Cheung, L, Gray, H.M, Herzog, D.B, Colditz, G.A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ACTIVIDAD FISICA
ACTIVITE PHYSIQUE
Activities
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - ethnology
AGE
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Body mass index
Child
Child Behavior - ethnology
Continental Population Groups
EDAD
ENCUESTAS
ENFANT
ENQUETE
Ethnic Groups
Exercise
Factors
Female
Girls
GROUPE ETHNIQUE
GRUPOS ETNICOS
Hispanic people
Humans
JEUNESSE
JUVENTUD
MASSACHUSETTS
Massachusetts - epidemiology
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
NINOS
Obesity
Obesity - ethnology
PESO
POIDS
Prevalence
Public health
Questionnaires
Relationship
SOBREPESO
SURPOIDS
TELEVISION
Television - statistics & numerical data
USA
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Summary:Physical activity, inactivity, and obesity were assessed by questionnaire among a multiethnic sample of 552 girls in grades 5 through 12. Hispanics and Asians reported lower activity levels than other racial groups. Only 36% of the entire sample and less than one fifth of either Asians or Hispanics met the year 2000 goal for strenuous physical activity. Physical activity was inversely associated with age and age-adjusted body mass index. Obesity was unrelated to inactivity
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.83.11.1625