Active Transportation and Obesity Indicators in Adults from Latin America: ELANS Multi-Country Study
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Data de Publicação: | 2020 |
| Descrição: | Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the association between active transportation and obesity indicators in adults from eight Latin American countries. Methods: Data from the ELANS study, an observational multi-country study (n: 8336; 18-65 years), were used. Active transportation (walking and cycling) and leisure time physical activity was assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (long version). The obesity indicators considered were: body mass index, and waist and neck circumference. Results: In the total sample, the average time dedicated to active transportation was 24.3 min/day, with the highest amount of active transportation being Costa Rica (33.5 min/day), and the lowest being Venezuela (15.7 min/day). The countries with the highest proportion of active transportation were Ecuador (71.9%), and the lowest was Venezuela (40.5%). Results from linear regression analyses suggest that active transportation was significantly and independently associated with a lower body mass index (β: -0.033; 95% CI: -0.064; -0.002), but not with waist circumference (β: -0.037; 95% CI: -1.126; 0.390 and neck circumference (β: -0.007; 95% CI: -0.269; 0.130). Conclusions: Active transportation is significantly associated with a lower body mass index. Governments should incentivize this type of transportation as it could help to reduce the obesity pandemic in Latin America. |
| País: | Kérwá |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Kérwá |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/87383 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/19/6974 https://hdl.handle.net/10669/87383 |
| Palavra-chave: | SPORTS Active transportation LATIN AMERICA OBESITY BODY WEIGHT Waist circumference |