ArticleBMC public health2009
Physical activity as a preventive measure against overweight, obesity, infections, allergies and cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescents: AFINOS Study protocol.
Article in BMC public health, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05738343 (Adesione Alla Dieta Mediterranea Dei Pazienti Pediatrici Affetti Dalla Sindrome Dell'Intestino Irritabile), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Obesity Measures and Dietary Parameters as Predictors of Gut Microbiota Phyla in Healthy Individuals.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Assessment of physical activity levels, fitness and perceived barriers to physical activity practice in adolescents: cross-sectional study.European journal of pediatrics · 2017Article
- Immigrant status, acculturation and risk of overweight and obesity in adolescents living in Madrid (Spain): the AFINOS study.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2015Article
- Cognition and the risk of eating disorders in Spanish adolescents: the AVENA and AFINOS studies.European journal of pediatrics · 2015Article
- The effects of statin medications on aerobic exercise capacity and training adaptations.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014Review
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- Influence of health behaviours on the incidence of infection and allergy in adolescents: the AFINOS cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2014Article
- Six-year trend in active commuting to school in Spanish adolescents. The AVENA and AFINOS Studies.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2013Article
- Protective role of resting heart rate on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrior studies addressing the impacts of regular physical activity or sedentary habits on the immune system have been conducted in adults and laboratory settings. Thus, it is practically unknown how a healthy active lifestyle could affect low-grade inflammation processes, infections or allergies in young persons. The AFINOS Study was designed to determine the relationship between the regular physical activity levels of adolescents and overweight, infection, and allergies along with the presence of metabolic and immunological biomarkers of a deteriorated health status. A further objective of the AFINOS Study is to assess the health status and lifestyle habits of an adolescent population in an effort to identify any protective factors that could be used as preventive measures, since many chronic diseases and their associated co-morbidities often persist from adolescence into adulthood. METHODS/
designThis study was conducted as three separate sub-studies in three different populations as follows: (a) Study 1 was performed on a population sample of adolescents; (b) Study 2 on the adolescents' parents; and (c) Study 3 on a subset of the adolescents from Study 1. Study 1 assessed health and lifestyle indicators through a questionnaire administered to a representative sample of adolescents from the Madrid Region (n = 2400) aged 13 to 16 years. In Study 2, the parents of the teenagers participating in Study 1 were required to fill out a questionnaire. Finally in Study 3, body composition, physical activity, health-related physical fitness, and blood measurements were determined in a subset (n = 200) of the individuals included in Study 1. DISCUSSION: This paper describes the rationale, design, and methodologies used in the AFINOS Study. This multidisciplinary, multicenter study seeks to evaluate several aspects of existing relationships between routine physical activity/sedentary behaviour and several health status markers, specifically those related to the immune system. The results of this cross-sectional study will serve for comparisons with the available data obtained in laboratory settings and in adults. In addition, knowledge regarding the health status and lifestyle habits of Spanish adolescents and their parents will be useful for designing preventive measures.
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