Academic performance and psychosocial functioning in European schoolchildren: The role of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status

Autor: Alejandro Lucia, Pedro L. Valenzuela, Óscar Martínez-de-Quel, Tania Pinto-Escalona
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Pediatric Obesity. 17
ISSN: 2047-6310
2047-6302
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12850
Popis: Background Whether a high cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) can attenuate the potential detrimental effect of childhood obesity on academic performance and particularly psychosocial functioning remains unclear. Objectives To analyse the academic performance/psychosocial functioning of schoolchildren attending to their CRF and weight status. Methods 470 schoolchildren (46% girls, 7 ± 0 years) from 20 schools in five European countries were categorized as (i) having overweight/obesity (n = 113) or normal weight (n = 357) attending to body mass index and (ii) ‘fit’ (n = 282) or ‘unfit’ (n = 188) based on 20-meter shuttle-run performance (CRF ≥ or
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