Physical Activity, Physical Fitness and Overweight in Early Schoolchildren
| Autor: | Papitsa A, Fotini Arabatzi, Paschaleri Z, Eleftherios Kellis, Paraskevi Giagazoglou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Physical fitness 030229 sport sciences Overweight medicine.disease Omics Obesity Childhood obesity Eighty Nine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical therapy medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Analysis of variance medicine.symptom business Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Sports Medicine & Doping Studies. |
| ISSN: | 2161-0673 |
| DOI: | 10.4172/2161-0673.1000178 |
| Popis: | Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate physical activity and physical fitness levels in children 7-8 years old with different body mass index (BMI). Methods: Eighty nine children (age 7.6 ± 0.4) participated in this study. BMI was used as obesity indicator and children were categorized in normal-weight and overweight/obese groups. Daily physical activity was assessed by RT3 accelerometer (Stayhealthy Inc, Monrovia, CA) and physical fitness was assessed using the European physical fitness test battery (Eurofit). Results: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated no significant differences in the average daily total counts of physical activity and in scores of four fitness tests between the overweight/obese and normal-weight group (p>0.05). However, boys were significantly more physically active than girls (p |
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