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Kolanowski W, Ługowska K, Trafialek J. Increased Physical Activity at School Benefits Arterial Blood Pressure in Children-A Prospective Follow-Up Cohort Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19084662. [PMID: 35457528 PMCID: PMC9032198 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19084662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Revised: 04/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
(1) Background: A sedentary lifestyle and low physical activity (PA) increase the risk of hypertension in children. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of increased PA at school by elevation of the number of compulsory physical education (PE) lessons on arterial blood pressure in children during a two-year follow-up. (2) Methods: Children (n = 245) born in 2007 attending a standard or elevated number of PE lessons in the school timetable (4 and 10 h a week, respectively) took part in the study. Blood pressure was measured starting from age approx. 10 to 12. (3) Results: Starting from a similar level, after 2 years, the percentage of children with normal blood pressure decreased in the standard-PE children from 83.25% to 78.03% but increased in the elevated-PE ones from 83.15% to 86.13%. The prevalence of both prehypertension and hypertension increased by one-third in the standard-PE children from 16.74% to 21.97% but decreased by one-sixth in the elevated-PE ones from 16.85% to 13.87%. The prevalence of hypertension itself increased by one-third in the standard-PE children from 9.82% to 13.12% but decreased in the elevated-PE ones by one-fifth from 9.60% to 7.75% (4) Conclusions: An increase in PA at school by the elevation of the number of PE lessons benefits children's arterial blood pressure. Early prevention of hypertension in children can be supported by an adequate number of PE lessons in the school timetable.
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- Wojciech Kolanowski
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, 20-400 Lublin, Poland
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-603842005
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- Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Siedlce University, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland;
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- Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland;
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Day AK, Coups EJ, Manne SL, Stapleton JL. Recall of indoor tanning salon warnings and safety guidelines among a national sample of tanners. Transl Behav Med 2017; 6:622-627. [PMID: 27234149 DOI: 10.1007/s13142-016-0392-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Indoor tanning (IT) is a known carcinogen, and regulation has increased across the USA. However, there is minimal point-of-sale regulation for adult users. The purpose of the present study is to explore whether IT users recall being provided with warnings or safety guidelines at tanning salons. A national sample of 273 young adult, female IT users (mean age = 22.26, SD = 2.38) was surveyed regarding the frequency that they recalled being provided with six different warnings and safety guidelines when at tanning salons. Between 65 and 90.1 % of participants reported recalling the various warnings and guidelines. Having very fair skin was reported by 16.8 % of participants, and these high-risk individuals were less likely to recall having read and signed a consent form than other IT users (p = .002). The current level of regulation is insufficient to provide IT users with consistent warnings and safety guidelines at tanning salons.
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- Ashley K Day
- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, 5th floor, Room 5549.20, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903-2681, USA.
- School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
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- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, 5th floor, Room 5549.20, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903-2681, USA
- Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- Department of Health Education and Behavioral Science, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, 5th floor, Room 5549.20, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903-2681, USA
- Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- Department of Health Education and Behavioral Science, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, 5th floor, Room 5549.20, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903-2681, USA
- Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- Department of Health Education and Behavioral Science, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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Karagas MR, Zens MS, Li Z, Stukel TA, Perry AE, Gilbert-Diamond D, Sayarath V, Stephenson RS, Barton D, Nelson HH, Spencer SK. Early-onset basal cell carcinoma and indoor tanning: a population-based study. Pediatrics 2014; 134:e4-12. [PMID: 24958589 PMCID: PMC4067637 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Indoor tanning with UV radiation-emitting lamps is common among adolescents and young adults. Rising incidence rates of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) have been reported for the United States and elsewhere, particularly among those diagnosed at younger ages. Recent epidemiologic studies have raised concerns that indoor tanning may be contributing to early occurrence of BCC, and younger people may be especially vulnerable to cancer risk associated with this exposure. Therefore, we sought to address these issues in a population-based case-control study from New Hampshire. METHODS Data on indoor tanning were obtained on 657 cases of BCC and 452 controls ≤50 years of age. RESULTS Early-onset BCC was related to indoor tanning, with an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 1.6 (95% confidence interval, 1.3-2.1). The strongest association was observed for first exposure as an adolescent or young adult, with a 10% increase in the OR with each age younger at first exposure (OR per year of age ≤23 = 1.1; 95% confidence interval, 1.0-1.2). Associations were present for each type of device examined (ie, sunlamps, tanning beds, and tanning booths). CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest early exposure to indoor tanning increases the risk of early development of BCC. They also underscore the importance of counseling adolescents and young adults about the risks of indoor tanning and for discouraging parents from consenting minors to this practice.
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- Margaret R Karagas
- Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire;Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire;
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- Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire;Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire;Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire; and
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- Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire;Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire;Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire;Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Department of Pathology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire; and
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Pathology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire; and
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Grewal SK, Haas AF, Pletcher MJ, Resneck JS. Compliance by California tanning facilities with the nation’s first statewide ban on use before the age of 18 years. J Am Acad Dermatol 2013; 69:883-889.e4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Revised: 08/31/2013] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
- Sophie J. Balk
- Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Dermatology, Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and
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- Harvard School of Public Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Viale PH. Youth and tanning: a dangerous combination. J Adv Pract Oncol 2013; 4:137-8. [PMID: 25031993 PMCID: PMC4093423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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