23 May
2012
23 May
'12
6:01 p.m.
Hi all,
I'm weighing in a little late on the math and obesity discussion. Obviously, there
are lots of great reasons to support active transportation beyond obesity -- the role of
physical activity and active transportation in reducing cancer and other chronic diseases,
assisting in smoking cessation, preventing transportation injuries, addressing climate
change, etc. But I too was a little troubled by this article's blithe dismissal of
physical activity having any role in obesity.
Poking around today, I found this fascinating journal article, which noted and hotly (for
a journal article) disputed the claim that physical activity doesn't have a role in
obesity. Church TS, Thomas DM, Tudor-Locke C, Katzmarzyk PT, Earnest CP, et al. (2011)
Trends over 5 Decades in U.S. Occupation-Related Physical Activity and Their Associations
with Obesity. PLoS ONE 6(5): e19657.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0019657.
The authors analyzed occupational physical activity levels in a nationally representative
sample over the past 50 years, and found that daily energy expenditure related to work has
dropped by more than 100 calories per day in men and women. They conclude that this
decrease likely plays a significant factor in the increase in obesity levels, and they
note specific flaws in the assumptions that food intake alone accounts for obesity levels.
The most interesting quote to me was:
Given that it is unlikely that there will be a return to occupations that demand moderate
levels of physical activity; our findings provide further strong evidence of the public
health importance of promoting physically active lifestyles outside of the work day. Our
estimation of a reduction of more than 100 calories per day in occupation-related energy
expenditure over the last 50 years would have been adequately compensated for by meeting
the 2008 federal physical activity recommendations of 150 minutes per week of moderate
intensity activity or 75 minutes per week of vigorous intensity activity.
There are many, many articles assessing the relationship between obesity and physical
activity levels and interventions, with various results - e.g.
http://www.activelivingresearch.org/files/ALR_Brief_ActiveTransportation.pdf,
http://www.saferoutespartnership.org/resourcecenter/research/impact-of-phys…,
etc. But this was one of the few articles that directly addressed the notion that
physical activity levels had been unchanged over the last several decades, and I found it
particularly convincing.
That said, it would definitely be interesting to hear researchers in the field hash out
the eating versus physical activity debate. If anyone can find a resource featuring such
a discussion among knowledgeable individuals, please share!
Sara
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That's all well and good, but it does not override the documented benefits of physical
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The 2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities is now accepting
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Abstracts will be accepted in three categories: posters, oral presentations, and
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Abstracts accepted in this category will be presented during the poster session on either
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Word Limit: Please limit poster abstracts to 300 words.
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considered for a poster presentation if the abstract is not accepted for oral
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practice, policy, and include a community component or discuss societal issues that
influence health disparities.
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patient-oriented, epidemiological, environmental, behavioral, and social sciences research
related to health disparities.
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other areas impacting health such as public, social, and economic policies.
* Practice abstracts examine public health practice related to community health,
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Applicants must clearly articulate how findings lead to new knowledge in science,
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implementation and sustainability of infrastructure and economic development in disparate
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permitted.
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