体重過多/肥満の若者の身体活動強度と精神的健康問題との縦断的な関連

Jinming Li¹, Fabian Herold², Yanxia Chen³

¹Body-Brain-Mind Laboratory, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.

Applied psychology. Health and well-being

|August 20, 2025

まとめ

7歳の時,過体重/肥満の若者における中等から激しい身体活動 (MVPA) の増加は,精神的な健康状態の改善を予測した. 青春期前半のより外的な問題と結びついていた.

科学分野:

小児の健康
メンタルヘルスの研究
運動科学

背景:

若者の肥満は精神的健康問題と関連しています
身体活動 (PA) はこれらのリスクを軽減します.
この集団における精神的健康の経路に対するPAの特異的な影響は十分に研究されていない.

研究の目的:

肥満/肥満の若者の11歳と14歳の精神的健康状態を 7歳の時における高血圧がどのように予測するかを調査する.
中等から強い強度のPA (MVPA) と光の強度のPA (LPA) の影響を区別する.

主な方法:

ミレニアム・コホート研究 (N=858) のデータを用いた長期的研究.
アクセレロメーターで測定したPAは,MVPAとLPAに分類されます.
メンタルヘルスの成果は,強みと困難のアンケート (SDQ) を使用して評価されました.

主要な成果:

7歳のMVPAが高くなったとすると 11歳と14歳の内向的な問題も少なくなります
同級生問題に対するMVPAのポジティブな影響は,時間とともに強まった.
7歳のLPAの上昇は11歳の外部化問題 (特に過活動性) の増加と関連していたが,14歳の場合は信頼性が高くなかった.

結論:

肥満/肥満の若者にMVPAを奨励することは,ポジティブな精神的健康の軌道を支えるために極めて重要です.
PAの強度と精神的健康の結果の間の因果関係を確立するために介入研究は必要である.

キーワード:

外部化の問題内部化の問題メンタルヘルス肥満身体活動若さについて

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