(Springer, 2022) García Hermoso, Antonio; Ezzatvar, Yasmin; Alonso Martínez, Alicia; Ramírez Vélez, Robinson; Izquierdo Redín, Mikel; López Gil, José Francisco; Ciencias de la Salud; Osasun Zientziak; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
To determine the association between adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines during adolescence with obesity at adulthood 14 years later in a nationally representative cohort. We analyzed data from 6984 individuals who participated in Waves
I (1994–1995) and IV (2008–2009) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) in the USA.
Obesity was defined by the International Obesity Task Force cut-off points at Wave I and adult cut-points at Wave IV (body
mass index [BMI]≥30 kg/m2 and waist circumference [WC]≥102 cm in male and 88 cm in female). Physical activity, screen
time and sleep duration were self-reported. Adolescents who met screen time recommendation alone (β = −1.62 cm, 95%CI
−2.68 cm to −0.56), jointly with physical activity (β = −2.25 cm, 95%CI −3.75 cm to −0.75 cm), and those who met all three
recommendations (β = −1.92 cm, 95%CI −3.81 cm to −0.02 cm) obtained lower WC at Wave IV than those who did not meet
any of these recommendations. Our results also show that meeting with screen time recommendations (IRR [incidence rate
ratio] = 0.84, 95%CI 0.76 to 0.92) separately and jointly with physical activity recommendations (IRR = 0.86, 95%CI 0.67
to 0.97) during adolescence is associated with lower risk of abdominal obesity at adulthood. In addition, adolescents who
met all 24-h movement recommendations had lower risk of abdominal obesity later in life (IRR = 0.76, 95%CI 0.60 to 0.97).
Conclusion: Promoting the adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines from adolescence, especially physical activity and
screen time, seems to be related with lower risk of abdominal obesity later in life, but not for BMI.
