TY - JOUR
T1 - Extracurricular Sports Participation and Sedentary Behavior in Association with Dietary Habits and Obesity Risk in Children and Adolescents and the Role of Family Structure
T2 - a Literature Review
AU - Kanellopoulou, Aikaterini
AU - Diamantis, Dimitrios V.
AU - Notara, Venetia
AU - Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Purpose of Review: Childhood obesity is considered a major problem in the modern world, associated with many health issues in youth. This review aimed the association between extracurricular sports participation, sedentary time/screen time, and “obesogenic” and “non-obesogenic” dietary habits among youth and to explore the role of family structure on the adoption of sedentary behaviors by children. Recent Findings: Increased participation in extracurricular sports was associated with a healthier dietary pattern, containing more “non-obesogenic” food choices. Opposite results were indicated by sedentary activities. Increased time in watching TV, computer/electronic games, and other screen devices was positively associated with unhealthy dietary patterns. Summary: Overall, extracurricular activities influence the quality of food choices, which may prevent or promote childhood obesity; thus, sport-related activities should be promoted through public health policies. The role of the family structure is contradictory.
AB - Purpose of Review: Childhood obesity is considered a major problem in the modern world, associated with many health issues in youth. This review aimed the association between extracurricular sports participation, sedentary time/screen time, and “obesogenic” and “non-obesogenic” dietary habits among youth and to explore the role of family structure on the adoption of sedentary behaviors by children. Recent Findings: Increased participation in extracurricular sports was associated with a healthier dietary pattern, containing more “non-obesogenic” food choices. Opposite results were indicated by sedentary activities. Increased time in watching TV, computer/electronic games, and other screen devices was positively associated with unhealthy dietary patterns. Summary: Overall, extracurricular activities influence the quality of food choices, which may prevent or promote childhood obesity; thus, sport-related activities should be promoted through public health policies. The role of the family structure is contradictory.
KW - Childhood obesity
KW - Dietary habits
KW - Extracurricular sports
KW - Family role
KW - Screen time
KW - Sedentary
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U2 - 10.1007/s13668-021-00352-6
DO - 10.1007/s13668-021-00352-6
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33595804
AN - SCOPUS:85101237881
SN - 2161-3311
VL - 10
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Current Nutrition Reports
JF - Current Nutrition Reports
IS - 1
ER -