Impact of body composition on physical fitness components in the Mexican Navy: Is overweight an issue?

Autor: Laura Sánchez-Chapul, Jesús F. Valencia-León, Mario Acevedo-Mora, Erika Estrada-Camarena, José U. Baños-Vázquez, Egner Hernández-Zamudio, José. A Rangel-Sánchez, Israel Gutiérrez-García, Gabriela Martínez-Nava, Liliana Téllez-Cárdenas, Diego Mirabent-Amor, José G. Franco-Sánchez, Luis A. Bonilla-Arcuate, Alexandra Luna-Angulo, Ámbar López-Macay
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Cogent Medicine, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2331-205X
2331205X
DOI: 10.1080/2331205X.2020.1807083
Popis: Overweight and inadequate physical fitness are critical variables that impact directly on the health, wellbeing of service members and military readiness, characteristics required to overcome dangerous situations during sea rescues and in the first line of combat in the Mexican Navy. Here we determined the impact of body composition (BC) on physical fitness components (PFC) [cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and muscle strength-resistance (MSR)] of 110 marines, rescue swimmers, and divers of the Mexican Navy classified as overweight. We found significant differences in medians of BC and PFC among groups (p
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