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Physical activity in youth from a subsistence agriculture community in the Valley of Oaxaca, southern Mexico.
Malina, Robert M; Reyes, Maria Eugenia Peña; Tan, Swee Kheng; Little, Bertis B.
Afiliação
  • Malina RM; Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA. rmalina@skyconnect.net
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab ; 33(4): 819-30, 2008 Aug.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18641730
Observations of activities of contemporary subsistence agricultural communities may provide insights into the lifestyle of youth of 2 to 3 generations ago. The purpose of this study was to document age- and sex-associated variation in household activities and daily steps walking to school of youth 9-17 years in an indigenous subsistence agricultural community in Oaxaca, southern Mexico. Activities during leisure were also considered. A cross-sectional survey of a rural Zapotec-speaking community was undertaken, and respondents included 118 boys and 152 girls, aged 8.7-17.9 years. Household and leisure activities were documented by questionnaire and subsequent interview. Household activities were classified by estimated intensity for before and after school and on the weekend, and an estimate of METS per day accumulated while doing chores was derived. Number of steps from home to school was estimated. Contingency table analysis and MANCOVA controlling for age was used to evaluate results. Household activities tended to cluster at light and moderate intensities in girls and at moderate to moderate-to-vigorous intensities in boys. Estimated METS per day in approximately 2 h of chores differed significantly by sex. Secondary school girls expended significantly more METS per day in chores than primary school girls, but there was no difference by school level in boys. The daily round trip from home to school was approximately 2400 steps for primary students and approximately 2700 and approximately 3100 steps for secondary boys and girls, respectively. Television viewing and participation in sports were major leisure activities for boys and girls. Daily household chores, walking, and leisure activities suggest moderately active and moderately-to-vigorously active lifestyles in girls and boys, respectively, in this indigenous subsistence agricultural community.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: População Rural / Comportamento do Adolescente / Estilo de Vida / Atividade Motora Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Limite: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: Mexico Idioma: En Revista: Appl Physiol Nutr Metab Assunto da revista: CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO / FISIOLOGIA / MEDICINA ESPORTIVA / METABOLISMO Ano de publicação: 2008 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Canadá

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: População Rural / Comportamento do Adolescente / Estilo de Vida / Atividade Motora Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Limite: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: Mexico Idioma: En Revista: Appl Physiol Nutr Metab Assunto da revista: CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO / FISIOLOGIA / MEDICINA ESPORTIVA / METABOLISMO Ano de publicação: 2008 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Canadá