Following Insufficiently Active Adolescents: What Predicts Whether They Meet Adult Activity Guidelines When They Grow Up?

Sarah M. Espinoza; Marla E. Eisenberg; Alina Levine; Iris W. Borowsky; Daheia J. Barr-Anderson; Melanie M. Wall; Dianne Neumark-Sztainer

doi:10.1123/jpah.2022-0300

Following Insufficiently Active Adolescents: What Predicts Whether They Meet Adult Activity Guidelines When They Grow Up?

Sarah M. Espinoza, Marla E. Eisenberg, Alina Levine, Iris W. Borowsky, Daheia J. Barr-Anderson, Melanie M. Wall, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer

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Background: We investigated the percentage of insufficiently active adolescents who became young adults meeting moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) guidelines. We also explored adolescent psychosocial and environmental factors that predicted MVPA guideline adherence in young adulthood. Methods: Participants included N = 1001 adolescents (mean age = 14.1 y) reporting < 7 hours per week of MVPA and followed (8 y later) into young adulthood through Project EAT. We examined mean weekly hours of MVPA, MVPA change between adolescence and young adulthood, and the proportion of participants meeting MVPA guidelines in young adulthood. With sex-stratified logistic regression, we tested 11 adolescent psychosocial and environmental factors predicting meeting MVPA guidelines in young adulthood. Results: Overall, 55% of insufficiently active adolescents became young adults meeting MVPA guidelines. On average, participants reported 3.0 hours per week of MVPA, which improved to 3.8 hours per week in young adulthood. Among female participants, higher MVPA in adolescence and stronger feelings of exercise compulsion predicted greater odds of meeting adult MVPA guidelines (odds ratio_MVPA = 1.18; odds ratio_compulsion = 1.13). Among female and male participants, perceived friend support for activity in adolescence predicted greater odds of meeting adult MVPA guidelines (odds ratio_female = 1.12; odds ratio_male = 1.26). Conclusions: Insufficiently active adolescents can later meet adult guidelines. Interventions that increase perceived friend support for activity may benefit individuals across development.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2022-0300
State	Published - Jan 2023

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This work and Project EAT were supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Grant/Award Numbers: R01HL127077 and R35HL139853. Espinoza was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under National Research Service Award in Primary Medical Care grant number T32HP22239 (PI: Borowsky), Bureau of Health Workforce. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of nor should any endorsements be inferred by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, HRSA, HHS, or the US Government. All Project EAT research was approved by the University of Minnesota Institutional Review Board. Project EAT data may be made available upon request; contact projeat@umn.edu.

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exercise compulsion
guidelines and recommendations
social support

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