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      Differences in the Association of Physical Activity and Children’s Overweight and Obesity Status Among the Major Racial and Ethnic Groups of U.S. Children

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          Abstract

          Objective

          To examine the relationship of exercise with overweight and obesity among an ethnically diverse sample of U.S. children.

          Method

          Data from the 2011–2012 National Survey of Children’s Health were analyzed to examine the relationship of daily exercise with children’s weight status. Propensity score covariate adjustment and multivariate logistic regression with survey weights were used to control for child, home, and community characteristics.

          Results

          Approximately 22% of all children ages 10 to 17 years engaged in daily exercise for at least 20 minutes. In the adjusted model for the entire sample, daily exercise was associated with children having a lower likelihood of being overweight or obese (odds ratio = 0.79; 95% confidence interval = 0.68–0.91). In a stratified analysis of the major racial and ethnic groups, however, while White children who exercised daily were found to have a lower odds of being overweight or obese (odds ratio = 0.70; 95% confidence interval = 0.60–0.82), this relationship was not found for most minority children.

          Conclusions

          Racial and ethnic minority children were not found to have the same weight status relationship with exercising daily. These findings suggest that some population-average exercise recommendations may not be as applicable to minority children.

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          Journal
          9704962
          20540
          Health Educ Behav
          Health Educ Behav
          Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education
          1090-1981
          1552-6127
          10 May 2017
          15 September 2016
          June 2017
          17 July 2017
          : 44
          : 3
          : 411-420
          Affiliations
          [1 ]David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
          [2 ]Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
          [3 ]UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
          [4 ]The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA
          Author notes
          Corresponding Author: Alma D. Guerrero, UCLA Department of Pediatrics General Pediatrics Division, 10833 Le Conte Avenue 12-358 MDCC, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. aguerrero@ 123456mednet.ucla.edu
          Article
          PMC5513678 PMC5513678 5513678 nihpa872653
          10.1177/1090198116667719
          5513678
          27634592
          d1a6ed0a-8319-4f4d-b016-f292689eda74

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          BMI,physical activity,racial and ethnic disparities,body mass index

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