Physical activity, sedentary behaviours and obesity in Spanish youth - PASOS study

Conditions

Physical activity, lifestyles, obesity Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Physical activity, lifestyles, obesity

Silvia García, Marina Ródenas-Munar, Luis Carmona-Rosado, Marta Sevilla-Sánchez, Narcís Gusi et al. (28 authors)

International Breastfeeding Journal2026-05-12

10.1186/s13006-026-00851-8

Validity, reliability, and calibration of the physical activity unit 7 item screener (PAU-7S) at population scale

Helmut Schröder, Isaac Subirana, Julia Wärnberǵ, María Medrano, Marcela González‐Gross et al. (28 authors)

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity2021-07-1720 citations

10.1186/s12966-021-01169-w

Study protocol of a population-based cohort investigating Physical Activity, Sedentarism, lifestyles and Obesity in Spanish youth: the PASOS study

Santiago F. Gómez, Clara Homs, Julia Wärnberǵ, María Medrano, Marcela González‐Gross et al. (26 authors)

BMJ Open2020-09-0142 citations

10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036210

Interventions

In this cross-sectional study, children, adolescents, and their parents randomly selected from schools in Spain will answer a set of questionnaires to assess physical activity and lifestyle, and have

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Be registered in a primary or secondary education school of an originally selected school 2. Have the informed consent signed positively by the parents/legal representatives

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Students that elected to not participate 2. Student with a disability that impedes the planned measurements. Each case will be assessed with the teacher's team.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Physical activity (PA) assessed by the child's Physical Activity Unified - 7 items Screener (PAU-7S) Also, Total-PA, PA intensities, sedentary time, and sleep duration were objectively measured by accelerometers in 10% of the participants randomly selected from the entire sample. Children wear the ActiGraph wGT3X-BT accelerometer for 9 days.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Children and adolescents: 1.1 Body weight, height, and waist circumferences will be measured with the subjects wearing a t-shirt and light trousers. The measurements will be performed without shoes and using an electronic scale (SECA 899), to the nearest of 100 g, a portable SECA 217 stadiometer (to the nearest 1 mm), and a metric tape SECA 201 (to the nearest 1 mm). Using a flexible non-stretch tape measure, waist circumference is measured by trained field researchers in the narrowest zone between the lower costal rib and iliac crest, in the supine decubitus and horizontal positions. 1.2 Sedentary behavior: Will be measured by the Screen-time Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaire (SSBQ) 1.3 Diet: Adherence to the Mediterranean diet will be recorded by the KIDMED index questionnaire 1.4 Sleep duration: The hours of sleep will be recorded by 4 questions from the Sleep Habits Survey for Adolescents (SHSA) 1.5 Quality of life: Will be measured by the EQ-5D-Y-5L. 2. Parents: 2.1 Gender; weight and height (self-reported), smoking habit, educational level, work situation, general health status, sleep duration, and the level of physical activity and sedentariness by the REGICOR Short PA Questionnaire 2.2 Birthweight of children and if they received breastfeeding or not, measured by self-report 2.3 Diet quality will be evaluated by the short Diet Quality Screener 2.4 Self-perceived stress will be measured by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) 2.5 Environmental variables: the living address and information about the size of the flat, and if the room where children/adolescent sleeps is open to the street or not 2.6 Sleep quality (of children) will be evaluated by the BEARS questionnaire 2.7 Quality of life (of children) will be measured by the EQ-5D-Y-5L	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Children and adolescents: 1.1 Body weight, height, and waist circumferences will be measured with the subjects wearing a t-shirt and light trousers. The measurements will be performed without shoes and using an electronic scale (SECA 899), to the nearest of 100 g, a portable SECA 217 stadiometer (to the nearest 1 mm), and a metric tape SECA 201 (to the nearest 1 mm). Using a flexible non-stretch tape measure, waist circumference is measured by trained field researchers in the narrowest zone between the lower costal rib and iliac crest, in the supine decubitus and horizontal positions. 1.2 Sedentary behavior: Will be measured by the Screen-time Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaire (SSBQ) 1.3 Diet: Adherence to the Mediterranean diet will be recorded by the KIDMED index questionnaire 1.4 Sleep duration: The hours of sleep will be recorded by 4 questions from the Sleep Habits Survey for Adolescents (SHSA) 1.5 Quality of life: Will be measured by the EQ-5D-Y-5L. 2. Parents: 2.1 Gender; weight and height (self-reported), smoking habit, educational level, work situation, general health status, sleep duration, and the level of physical activity and sedentariness by the REGICOR Short PA Questionnaire 2.2 Birthweight of children and if they received breastfeeding or not, measured by self-report 2.3 Diet quality will be evaluated by the short Diet Quality Screener 2.4 Self-perceived stress will be measured by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) 2.5 Environmental variables: the living address and information about the size of the flat, and if the room where children/adolescent sleeps is open to the street or not 2.6 Sleep quality (of children) will be evaluated by the BEARS questionnaire 2.7 Quality of life (of children) will be measured by the EQ-5D-Y-5L

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Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed