Size at birth and accelerometer-measured physical activity or sedentary behavior in healthy term-born adults

Jessica Leigh Garay; Tiago V Barreira; Qiu Wang; Tom D Brutsaert

doi:10.1002/ajhb.23717

Size at birth and accelerometer-measured physical activity or sedentary behavior in healthy term-born adults

Am J Hum Biol. 2022 Jun;34(6):e23717. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23717. Epub 2022 Jan 2.

Authors

Jessica Leigh Garay¹, Tiago V Barreira², Qiu Wang³, Tom D Brutsaert²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
² Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
³ Department of Higher Education, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA.

Abstract

The present study investigated the relationship between birth size and activity patterns. One hundred and twenty-four adults wore accelerometers for 7 days. Birth weight was adjusted for gestational age (AdjBW). The overall association between time spent in MVPA/day and AdjBW was not significant (B = 5.64, p = .09). MVPA/day increased by 7.02 min (p = .02) in participants 18-21 years (N = 42) and decreased by 10.8 min (p = .02) in participants 22-40 years (N = 33) per unit increase in AdjBW. The effect of birth size on adult physical activity depends on age.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Accelerometry*
Adult
Birth Weight
Exercise
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Parturition
Pregnancy
Sedentary Behavior*

Grants and funding

R03 HD055314/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States