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Socioeconomic position and the tracking of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness from childhood to adulthood
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posted on 2009-09-18, 00:00 authored by Verity Cleland, Kylie BallKylie Ball, C Magnussen, T Dwyer, A VennThis study examined the influence of childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) and social mobility on activity and fitness tracking from childhood into adulthood. In a prospective cohort of 2,185 Australian adults (aged 26–36 years), first examined in 1985 (at ages 7–15 years), self-reported physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness (subsample only) were measured. SEP measures included retrospectively reported parental education (baseline) and own education (follow-up). There was little evidence of a relation between childhood SEP and activity tracking, but high childhood SEP (maternal education) was associated with a 59% increased likelihood of persistent fitness, and medium childhood SEP (paternal and parental education) was associated with a 33%–36% decreased likelihood of persistent fitness. Upward social mobility was associated with a greater likelihood of increasing activity (38%–49%) and fitness (90%), and persistently high SEP was associated with a greater likelihood of increasing activity (males: 58%) and fitness (males and females combined: 89%). In conclusion, persistently high SEP and upward social mobility were associated with increases in activity and fitness from childhood to adulthood. Findings highlight socioeconomic differentials in activity and fitness patterns and suggest that improvements in education may represent a pathway through which physical activity levels can be increased and health benefits achieved
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American Journal of EpidemiologyVolume
170Issue
9Pagination
1069 - 1077Publisher
Oxford University PressLocation
Cary, NCPublisher DOI
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0002-9262eISSN
1476-6256Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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adultchildmotor activityphysical fitnessprospective studiessocial classsocial mobilityScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicinePublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthDISEASE RISK-FACTORSACTIVITY PATTERNSSPORT PARTICIPATIONSKINFOLD THICKNESSLIFE-STYLEOBESITYCHILDRENHEALTHASSOCIATIONADOLESCENTS
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