Key result
Greater physical activity is associated with lower VAT, but not SAT, in 8-year-old children at risk of obesity after controlling for whole-body fat.
Why the study?
Is greater physical activity associated with lower subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in 8-year-old children at risk of obesity?
Is greater physical activity associated with lower subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in 8-year-old children at risk of obesity?
In children at risk of obesity, physical activity is specifically associated with reduced visceral adiposity independent of total body fat.
Should not yet change activity guidance in at-risk children; hypothesis-generating for VAT-specific benefits.
Both SAT and VAT in 8-y-old children at risk of obesity are most closely associated with whole-body fat. However, after control for whole-body fat, greater physical activity is only associated with lower VAT, not SAT, in these children.
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Nathan Maccoby (1976) studied this question. Greater physical activity is associated with lower VAT, but not SAT, in 8-year-old children at risk of obesity after controlling for whole-body fat.
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