A recent Finnish study shows that high levels of sedentary behavior and lack of exercise from childhood put stress on the heart during adolescence. High cardiac workload predicts heart failure and other heart diseases. Given the results of this study, increasing moderate and vigorous physical activity from an early age is especially important to prevent heart disease.
A joint study by the Faculty of Sport Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä and the Institute of Biomedical Research at the University of Eastern Finland tracked sedentary behavior and physical activity from childhood to adolescence for eight years. This study showed that young people who had more sedentary behavior in childhood and lower levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity had higher cardiac workload in adolescence. Cardiac workload was particularly high in adolescents who accumulated low levels of vigorous physical activity.
Furthermore, high levels of sedentary behavior and low levels of physical activity were associated with higher total body fat percentage. Body fat percentage partially explains the association between sedentary behavior, physical activity, and cardiac workload. Light physical activity was not associated with cardiac workload.
The results highlight the importance of increasing physical activity, especially moderate-to-vigorous activity, reducing sedentary behavior, and preventing overweight from childhood to prevent heart disease. Masu.
Dr Eero Haapala, from the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, said: 'Young people spend nine to 10 hours a day sitting, but only one in ten engages in 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day. It's just people. These are alarming numbers.”
“High levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity every day should be a normal part of childhood and adolescence, as it improves not only heart health but also general health,” says Harpala. is emphasized.
This study is based on the Pediatric Physical Activity and Nutrition (PANIC) study being conducted at the Biomedical Research Institute of the University of Eastern Finland. Sedentary behavior and physical activity levels of 153 adolescents were followed for 8 years from childhood to adolescence. Cardiac function and tone were measured during adolescence. This research American Heart Association Journal.
For more information:
Dosent Eero Haapala, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä
+358408054210, eero.a.haapala@jyu.fi
Professor Timo Lakka, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Eastern Finland, https://uefconnect.uef.fi/henkilo/timo.lakka/
Original publication:
Haapala EA, Leppenen MH, Lee E, Savonen K, Laukkanen JA, Kähonen M-Brage S, Rucka TA. Accumulation of sedentary time and physical activity from childhood to adolescence and cardiac function in adolescence. American Heart Association Journal 2024;13:
Accumulation of sedentary time and physical activity from childhood to adolescence and cardiac function in adolescence | American Heart Association Journal (ahajournals.org)
journal
American Heart Association Journal
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people
Article title
Accumulation of sedentary time and physical activity from childhood to adolescence and cardiac function in adolescence
Article publication date
March 18, 2024
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