Accumulated physical activity and the association with obesity, fitness, and cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy adults
Authors' conclusion
Some adults with overweight or obesity may be more active than they perceived themselves to be, and accumulation of ≥150 min/wk of MVPA may have favorable effects on weight and adiposity status. Findings may influence physical activity recommendations, and confirmation with prospective and randomized studies is needed.
Study context
- Population
- Healthy adults with overweight or obesity enrolled in a behavioral weight-loss intervention; age 45.2 ± 7.7 years, BMI 32.3 ± 3.8 kg/m²
- Participants
- 375 adults
- Exposure
- MVPA categories by bout length vs LOW-MVPA
- LOW-MVPAn = 122reference
- MVPA-NON-BOUTEDn = 72
- MVPA-COMBINEDn = 50
- MVPA-BOUTEDn = 131
- Outcome
- Prevalence of ≥150 min/wk of MVPA by bout-length criteria, and associations with obesity, cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiometabolic risk factors
- Follow-up
- Baseline
Methodological detailsbaseline data of a behavioral weight-loss intervention, objectively measured MVPA
- Baseline data of a behavioral weight-loss intervention
- Objectively measured MVPA
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Prevalence of MVPA categories
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | P value |
|---|---|
| Body fatnessMVPA-BOUTED vs LOW-MVPA · significantly lower with MVPA-BOUTED | P < 0.05 |
Weight, BMI and waist circumference
- Weight, BMI and waist circumference higher in LOW-MVPA vs the other categories
Cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiometabolic risk factors
- Differences by category were limited
Original publication
Accumulated physical activity and the association with obesity, fitness, and cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy adults. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 3 October 2023. doi:10.
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