TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent and Young Adult Recreational, Occupational, and Transportation Activity
T2 - Activity Recommendation and Weight Status Relationships
AU - Moseley, Connor A.
AU - Skinner, Asheley C.
AU - Perrin, Eliana M.
AU - Armstrong, Sarah C.
AU - Peterson, Eric D.
AU - Wong, Charlene A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Wong is supported by NHLBI ( 1K23HL141689 ). The authors have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.
Funding Information:
Dr. Wong is supported by NHLBI (1K23HL141689). The authors have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose. The authors would like to thank Farrah Madanay, M.A. and Taruni Santanam for editorial assistance. Dr. Wong confirms the acknowledgement of all who have contributed significantly to the work. This work has been presented as a poster at The Obesity Society's ObesityWeek in Nashville, TN, November 2018.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - Purpose: Physical activity can occur in many settings, or domains, including recreation, occupation, and transportation. We described patterns of adolescent and young adult (YA) activity in each domain, and the extent that accounting for different domains impacts activity recommendation adherence. We also examined activity domain associations with weight status. Methods: We examined physical activity among 11,157 adolescents and YAs in recreational, occupational, and transportation domains in the 2007–2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. We calculated proportions meeting weekly activity recommendations (adolescents: 420 minutes; YAs: 150 minutes) by domain. We compared adjusted odds of performing any activity in each domain by weight status. All estimates are weighted and stratified by age (adolescents: 12–19 years; YAs: 20–29 years) and sex. Results: Most adolescents (90.9%) and YAs (86.7%) reported activity in at least one domain. Recreational activity accounted for an average of 60.2% (adolescents) and 42.5% (YAs) of an individual's total activity. Approximately half of YAs (50.2%) reported any occupational activity, which accounted for 44.6% (males) and 37.4% (females) of total activity minutes. Transportation accounted for 18.1% (adolescents) and 16.2% (YAs) of total activity. Activity recommendation adherence estimates increased when adding domains: recreation alone (34.9% adolescents, 45.6% YAs); recreation and occupation (47.2% adolescents, 68.7% YAs); and recreation, occupation, and transportation (53.5% adolescents, 74.7% YAs). Weight status was generally not associated with activity domains. Conclusions: Adolescents and YAs accumulate substantial occupational and some transportation-related physical activity, resulting in more youth meeting activity recommendations when accounting for these activity domains than recreation alone.
AB - Purpose: Physical activity can occur in many settings, or domains, including recreation, occupation, and transportation. We described patterns of adolescent and young adult (YA) activity in each domain, and the extent that accounting for different domains impacts activity recommendation adherence. We also examined activity domain associations with weight status. Methods: We examined physical activity among 11,157 adolescents and YAs in recreational, occupational, and transportation domains in the 2007–2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. We calculated proportions meeting weekly activity recommendations (adolescents: 420 minutes; YAs: 150 minutes) by domain. We compared adjusted odds of performing any activity in each domain by weight status. All estimates are weighted and stratified by age (adolescents: 12–19 years; YAs: 20–29 years) and sex. Results: Most adolescents (90.9%) and YAs (86.7%) reported activity in at least one domain. Recreational activity accounted for an average of 60.2% (adolescents) and 42.5% (YAs) of an individual's total activity. Approximately half of YAs (50.2%) reported any occupational activity, which accounted for 44.6% (males) and 37.4% (females) of total activity minutes. Transportation accounted for 18.1% (adolescents) and 16.2% (YAs) of total activity. Activity recommendation adherence estimates increased when adding domains: recreation alone (34.9% adolescents, 45.6% YAs); recreation and occupation (47.2% adolescents, 68.7% YAs); and recreation, occupation, and transportation (53.5% adolescents, 74.7% YAs). Weight status was generally not associated with activity domains. Conclusions: Adolescents and YAs accumulate substantial occupational and some transportation-related physical activity, resulting in more youth meeting activity recommendations when accounting for these activity domains than recreation alone.
KW - Adolescent
KW - National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
KW - Occupational activity
KW - Physical activity
KW - Physical activity domains
KW - Physical activity recommendations
KW - Recreation
KW - Young adult
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.01.021
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.01.021
M3 - Article
C2 - 30948270
AN - SCOPUS:85063644394
SN - 1054-139X
VL - 65
SP - 147
EP - 154
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
IS - 1
ER -