ArticleOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2020
Association between sedentary behavior and bone mass in adolescents.
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- Association between sedentary behavior and bone mass, microstructure and strength in children, adolescents and young adults: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Role of lifestyle factors in mediating the effect of educational attainment on bone mineral density: a Mendelian randomization study.Archives of osteoporosis · 2023Pooled it
- Screen Time and Bone Status in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- The small-cage induced sedentariness in male young rats: evidence from energy expenditure and glucose uptake.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Longer sedentary time is associated with increased risk of low pelvic bone density.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Factors associated with bone health in long distance runners: a cross-sectional study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025Article
- Short bouts and long-term exercise reduce sedentary-induced bone loss and microstructural changes by modulating bone formation and resorption in healthy young male rats.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Description of bone health in adolescents and young persons with Klinefelter syndrome - results from a pilot study.Molecular and cellular pediatrics · 2024Article
- Correlation between sedentary activity, physical activity and bone mineral density and fat in America: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011-2018.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Comparison of bone mineral density according to domains of sedentary behavior in children and adolescents.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Effects of cheerleading practice on advanced glycation end products, areal bone mineral density, and physical fitness in female adolescents.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The effects of sedentary behavior on adolescents' bone health are controversial because, even in normal weight individuals, the excessive time spent in some specific types of these behaviors appears to have no negative effect on bone health. PURPOSE: To analyze the relationship between sedentary behaviors and bone mass in adolescents.
methodsOne hundred four adolescent boys and girls, aged 10 to 14 years, were divided into normal weight and overweight according to weight status. Specific sedentary behaviors (time spent on the Internet for school and non-school purposes, using the computer, watching television, and playing videogames) were assessed by questionnaire, and the total sedentary behavior time by accelerometry. Bone parameters were collected using X-ray absorptiometry, using total and lumbar bone mineral density (BMD) and total and lumbar bone mineral content (BMC) values.
resultsIn both groups, the time spent on the Internet for non-school purposes was positively correlated to the total and lumbar BMD. Also, while in the overweight group, the time spent using the computer was negatively correlated to lumbar BMD, and the time spent on the Internet for non-school purposes was positively correlated to the total and lumbar BMC, and in the normal weight group, the time spent on the Internet for non-school purposes was positively correlated to lumbar BMC.
conclusionsAdolescents who spend more time in sedentary behavior, especially using the Internet for non-school purposes, have higher BMD and BMC, while normal weight adolescents who spend more time on the computer have lower BMD.
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