Korean Journal of Exercise Nutrition (운동영양학회지)

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Associations of physical activity with gut microbiota in pre-adolescent children

  • Santarossa, Sara (Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System) ;
  • Sitarik, Alexandra R. (Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System) ;
  • Johnson, Christine Cole (Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System) ;
  • Li, Jia (Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System) ;
  • Lynch, Susan V. (Department of Medicine, University of California) ;
  • Ownby, Dennis R. (Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Regents University) ;
  • Ramirez, Alex (Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System) ;
  • Yong, Germaine LM. (Department of Medicine, University of California) ;
  • Cassidy-Bushrow, Andrea E. (Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System)
  • Received : 2021.10.29
  • Accepted : 2021.12.19
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

[Purpose] To determine whether physical activity (PA), primarily the recommended 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous PA, is associated with gut bacterial microbiota in 10-year-old children. [Methods] The Block Physical Activity Screener, which provides minutes/day PA variables, was used to determine whether the child met the PA recommendations. 16S rRNA sequencing was performed on stool samples from the children to profile the composition of their gut bacterial microbiota. Differences in alpha diversity metrics (richness, Pielou's evenness, and Faith's phylogenetic diversity) by PA were determined using linear regression, whereas beta diversity (unweighted and weighted UniFrac) relationships were assessed using PERMANOVA. Taxon relative abundance differentials were determined using DESeq2. [Results] The analytic sample included 321 children with both PA and 16S rRNA sequencing data (mean age [SD] =10.2 [0.8] years; 54.2% male; 62.9% African American), where 189 (58.9%) met the PA recommendations. After adjusting for covariates, meeting the PA recommendations as well as minutes/day PA variables were not significantly associated with gut richness, evenness, or diversity (p ≥ 0.19). However, meeting the PA recommendations (weighted UniFrac R2 = 0.014, p = 0.001) was significantly associated with distinct gut bacterial composition. These compositional differences were partly characterized by increased abundance of Megamonas and Anaerovorax as well as specific Christensenellaceae_R-7_group taxa in children with higher PA. [Conclusion] Children who met the recommendations of PA had altered gut microbiota compositions. Whether this translates to a reduced risk of obesity or associated metabolic diseases is still unclear.

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Acknowledgement

We thank the participants of the WHEALS study.

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