151. Association between health-related physical fitness and body mass index status in children
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Rômulo Araújo Fernandes, Miguel de Arruda, Mariana Biagi Batista, Edilson Serpeloni Cyrino, Juliano Casonatto, Manuel J. Coelho-e-Silva, Enio Ricardo Vaz Ronque, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Univ Coimbra, and Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
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Male ,Gerontology ,Pediatric Obesity ,obesity ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Physical fitness ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Overweight ,Physical strength ,Pediatrics ,Body Mass Index ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Longitudinal Studies ,Muscle Strength ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,Association (psychology) ,Motor tests ,business.industry ,Cardiorespiratory fitness ,physical performance ,Odds ratio ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Physical Fitness ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Physical therapy ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Body mass index ,Brazil - Abstract
Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T15:31:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-09-01 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) status and physical performance in Brazilian children. The analyzed sample was composed of 978 children of both sexes (518 boys and 460 girls), aged 7 to 11 years. BMI and skinfolds were measured, and three motor tests were applied (flexibility, cardiorespiratory fitness, and muscular strength/endurance). In both sexes, overweight/obese children presented poor performance in all motor tests, except flexibility. In general, overweight/obese children have an increased odds ratio (OR) to present poor physical performance (boys: OR = 3.64 for cardiorespiratory fitness, OR = 1.94 for muscular strength/endurance, OR = 1.52 for flexibility; girls: OR = 5.03 for cardiorespiratory fitness and OR = 2.62 for muscular strength/endurance). In conclusion, for both sexes, a poor physical performance in the tests measuring cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular strength/ endurance was associated with the presence of overweight/obesity. Univ Estadual Londrina, BR-86047610 Londrina, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Presidente Prudente, Brazil Univ Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal Univ Estadual Campinas, Fac Phys Educ, Barao Geraldo Campinas, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Presidente Prudente, Brazil
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- 2016