1. The Youth Fitness International Test (YFIT) battery for monitoring and surveillance among children and adolescents: A modified Delphi consensus project with 169 experts from 50 countries and territories
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Ortega, Francisco B., Zhang, Kai, Cadenas-Sanchez, Cristina, Tremblay, Mark S., Jurak, Gregor, Tomkinson, Grant R., Ruiz, Jonatan R., Keller, Katja, Nyström, Christine Delisle, Sacheck, Jennifer, Pate, Russell, Weston, Kathryn L., Kidokoro, Tetsuhiro, Poon, Eric, Wachira, Lucy-Joy M., Ssenyonga, Ronald, Gomes, Thayse Natacha Q.F., Cristi-Montero, Carlos, Fraser, Brooklyn J., Niessner, Claudia, Onywera, Vincent O., Liu, Yang, Liang, Li-Lin, Prince, Stephanie A., Lubans, David R., Lang, Justin J., Oyeyemi, Adewale L., Marques, Adilson, Gribbon, Aidan, Gaya, Anelise Reis Reis, García-Hermoso, Antonio, Sääkslahti, Arja, Faigenbaum, Avery, Nakabazzi, Bernadette, Leskošek, Bojan, Popovic, Boris, O'Keeffe, Brendan, Timmons, Brian W., Mieziene, Brigita, Fraser, Brooklyn, Brand, Caroline, Anza-Ramirez, Cecilia, Alvarez-Bueno, Celia, Agostinis-Sobrinho, Cesar A., Hillman, Charles H., Niessner, Claudia, Drenowatz, Clemens, Magnussen, Costan G., Cadenas-Sanchez, Cristina, Berglind, Daniel, da Silva, Danilo Rodrigues Pereira, Colella, Dario, Lubans, David, Matelot, David, Tladi, Dawn M., Silva, Diego Augusto Santos, Moliner-Urdiales, Diego, Dumuid, Dot, Blain, Dylan, Ulloa, Edtna Jáuregui, Arunas, Emeljanovas, Pintos-Toledo, Enrique, Poon, Eric Tsz Chun, Lee, Eun-Young, Riso, Eva Maria, Mäestu, Evelin, Bardid, Farid, Cañete, Felicia, Rodríguez, Fernando Rodríguez, De Roia, Gabriela, Tabacchi, Garden, Stratton, Gareth, Sandercock, Gavin R., Georgiev, Georgi, Vicente-Rodríguez, Germán, Ferrari, Gerson, Rosa, Gil, Welk, Greg, Jurak, Gregor, Starc, Gregor, Labayen, Idoia, Cigarroa, Igor, Esteban-Cornejo, Irene, Emeterio, Iván Clavel San, Milanović, Ivana, Clarke, Janine, Dobosz, Janusz, Mäestu, Jarek, Brazo-Sayavera, Javier, Sacheck, Jennifer, Servais, Jennifer, Secchi, Jeremías David, Vanhelst, Jérémy, Ramírez, Jesús Viciana, Magalhães, João, Soto-Sánchez, Johana, Jaunig, Johannes, Reilly, John J., Smith, Jordan, Mota, Jorge, Castro-Piñero, Jose, López-Gil, José Francisco, Githang'a, Juliah Wambui, Mello, Júlio Brugnara, Janz, Kathleen, Weston, Kathryn L., Laurson, Kelly, Till, Kevin, Dlamini, Khanyile, Tambalis, Konstantinos D., Basterfield, Laura, Joensuu, Laura, Béghin, Laurent, Santos, Leandro dos, Mugisha, Lillian, Zou, Liye, Taylor, Juan Ricardo López Y, Štefan, Lovro, Léger, Luc, Wachira, Lucy-Joy, Sardinha, Luís B., Rubin, Lukas, Thuany, Mabliny, Cuenca-García, Magdalena, Paw, Mai Chin A, Sanchez-Lopez, Mairena, Pihu, Maret, Noriega, Maria Jose, Medrano-Echeverría, María, Beltran-Valls, Maria Reyes, Löf, Marie, Misigoj-Durakovic, Marjeta, Tremblay, Mark, Gerber, Markus, Sorić, Maroje, Giuriato, Matteo, Vandoni, Matteo, Lenoir, Matthieu, Santander, Mauro D., Peralta, Miguel, Huhtiniemi, Mikko, Said, Mohamed Ahmed, Kaj, Mónika, Burn, Naomi, Ridgers, Nicola D., Lovecchio, Nicola, Aguilar-Farias, Nicolas, Wedderkopp, Niels, Veiga, Oscar L., Saint-Maurice, Pedro, Katzmarzyk, Peter, Henriksson, Pontus, Colley, Rachel, Ocansey, Reginald T-A., Kliegl, Reinhold, Ramírez-Vélez, Robinson, Ssenyonga, Ronald, Naidoo, Rowena, Pate, Russell R., McGrath, Ryan, Kuu, Saima, Salaj, Sanja, Gontarev, Seryozha, Morrison, Shawnda A., Nqweniso, Siphesihle, Chen, Sitong, Kagunda, Stanley, Ware, Stephanie Prince, Wong, Stephen H., Popovic, Stevo R., Fairclough, Stuart J., Andrade, Susana, Kriemler, Susi, Csányi, Tamás, Manyanga, Taru, Mwase-Vuma, Tawonga W., Kidokoro, Tetsu, Gomes, Thayse Natacha, Gisladottir, Thordis, Takken, Tim, Jaakkola, Timo, Lakka, Timo, Olds, Timothy, Tammelin, Tuija, Granacher, Urs, Carson, Valerie, Martinez-Vizcaino, Vincent, Onywera, Vincent, Pellino, Vittoria Carnevale, Huang, Wendy Y., Yin, Xiaojian, Liu, Yang, Song, Yi, Sun, Yi, and Liu, Yuan
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•Based on results from previous European (Assessing Levels of PHysical Activity, ALPHA) and North American (Institute of Medicine report) projects, we have made an evidence-based proposal of core health-related fitness tests and protocols to be used worldwide.•We have gathered, through a Delphi survey, the opinions of 169 experts from major regions of the world and obtained a high response rate (78 %) and high agreement (≥85 %) for all tests and protocols.•This study therefore has achieved international consensus (initial goal, ≥80 %) on the proposed Youth Fitness International Test (YFIT) battery, which is valid, reliable, health-related, safe, feasible, and inclusive. The YFIT battery tests are: weight and height (to compute body mass index as a proxy of body size/composition), the 20-m shuttle run (cardiorespiratory fitness), handgrip strength, and standing long jump (muscular fitness).•This study contributes to standardizing fitness tests and protocols used for research, monitoring, and surveillance across the world, which will allow for future data pooling and the development of international and regional sex- and age-specific reference values, health-related cut-points, inter-country and inter-continental fitness comparisons, and ultimately provide global data that can inform surveillance and guide public health policies.
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- 2024
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