Associations between physical activity and other health behaviors in a representative sample of US adolescents

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11030849
AutoresR R Pate (University of South Carolina), G W Heath (0000-0003-2864-5225), Marsha Dowda (0000-0001-8012-1678), Stewart G Trost (0000-0001-9587-3944)
Año1996
Volumen86
Número11
Páginas1577-1581
Fecha de publicación1996-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.86.11.1577
PMID8916523
OpenAlexW2170585622
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas56
Referencias citadas19

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the associations between physical activity and other health behaviors in a representative sample of US adolescents. METHODS: In the 1990 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 11631 high school students provided information on physical activity; diet; substance use; and other negative health behaviors. Logistic regression analyses examined associations between physical activity and other health behaviors in a subset of 2652 high-active and 1641 low-active students. RESULTS: Low activity was associated with cigarette smoking, marijuana use, lower fruit and vegetable consumption, greater television watching, failure to wear a seat belt, and low perception of academic performance. For consumption of fruit, television watching, and alcohol consumption, significant interactions were found with race/ethnicity or sex, suggesting that sociocultural factors may affect the relationships between physical activity and some health behaviors. CONCLUSIONS: Low physical activity was associated with several other negative health behaviors in teenagers. Future studies should examine whether interventions for increasing physical activity in youth can be effective in reducing negative health behaviors

Affect (linguistics) · Cigarette smoking · Consumption (sociology) · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Health behavior · Injury prevention · Logistic regression · Perception · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Youth Risk Behavior Survey · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Physical Activity and Health · Physical Education and Pedagogy · Psychology · Gerontology