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Leisure activity patterns and their associations with overweight: A prospective study among adolescents

Anna Keski-rahkonenAnna Keski-rahkonenJaakko KaprioJaakko KaprioLea PulkkinenHanna-reetta LajunenRichard J. RoseRichard J. RoseAila Rissanen

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MaleAdolescentSocial PsychologyPsychological interventionMusical instrumentOverweightThe artsArticleBody Mass IndexDevelopmental psychologyCohort StudiesYoung Adult03 medical and health sciencesLeisure Activities0302 clinical medicineSurveys and Questionnaires030225 pediatricsDevelopmental and Educational PsychologymedicineHumansActive listeningProspective Studies030212 general & internal medicineChildRecreationFinlandOverweightLatent class modelPsychiatry and Mental healthLogistic ModelsPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthFemalemedicine.symptomPsychologyhuman activitiesCohort study

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We examined longitudinal associations between individual leisure activities (television viewing, video viewing, computer games, listening to music, board games, musical instrument playing, reading, arts, crafts, socializing, clubs or scouts, sports, outdoor activities) and being overweight using logistic regression and latent class analysis in a cohort of Finnish twins responding to self-report questionnaires at 11–12 (N=5184), 14, and 17 years. We also studied activity patterns (“Active and sociable”, “Active but less sociable”, “Passive but sociable”, “Passive and solitary”) thought to represent different lifestyles. Among boys, activity patterns did not predict becoming overweight, but sports and playing an instrument reduced the risk and arts and listening to music increased it. Among girls, few individual leisure activities predicted becoming overweight. However, girls in the “Passive and solitary” cluster carried the greatest risk of becoming overweight in late adolescence. Studying leisure activities related to overweight may help focus specific interventions on high risk groups.

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2007-02-22Journal of Adolescence
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.03.006