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Adolescent Bmi Trajectories With Clusters Of Physical Activity And Sedentary Behavior: An Exploratory Analysis, K. Nesbit, Justin Low, S. B. Sisson
Adolescent Bmi Trajectories With Clusters Of Physical Activity And Sedentary Behavior: An Exploratory Analysis, K. Nesbit, Justin Low, S. B. Sisson
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Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify distinct body mass index (BMI) trajectories associated with weight classification, and to examine demographic characteristics and clusters of obesogenic behaviours in adolescents with these trajectories.
Methods: Data were extracted from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (n = 1,006, Grades 5–8). The independent variables were physical activity (accelerometer and child report), sports participation, television/video watching time and recreational computer use. The dependent variable was raw BMI. Growth mixture modelling, mixture modelling and independent t-test analyses were used.
Results: Two distinct …