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Correlates of Overweight in Children and Adolescents Living at Different Altitudes: The Peruvian Health and Optimist Growth Study

Journal of Obesity, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
Background and Aim. Overweight prevalence in children and adolescents shows great variability which is related to individual‐level and environmental‐level factors. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with overweight in Peruvian children and adolescents living at different altitudes. Methods. 8568 subjects, aged
Carla Santos, Alcibíades Bustamante, Donald Hedeker, Olga Vasconcelos, Rui Garganta, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, José Maia, Claire Stocker   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence for the Psychometric Properties of Component Test Items in the Eurofit Test Battery administered to Elite Schoolboy Rugby Union Players: A Test-retest Reliability Study

Central European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine
Rugby is a popular sport and requires participants to have commensurate physical attributes for effective participation. One physical fitness test battery which enjoys extensive use contextually is the European Test of Physical Fitness (Eurofit). However,
Tafadzwa Mupondi, Tonderai Washington Shumba, Christiane Von Der Heiden, Farirai Kamba, Matthew Chiwaridzo   +4 more
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OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL FITNESS IN CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION IN THE TEST "EUROFIT SPECIAL"

Pedagogics, Psychology, Medical-Biological Problems of Physical Training and Sports, 2013
Purpose. The aim of this research was to assess general extensive physical efficiency in children suffering from moderate mental disability with the use of “Eurofit Special” tests, and to compare general extensive physical efficiency and its components ...
Bartosz Bolach, Tetyana Pystupa
doaj   +1 more source

Fitness for fans: professional football and public health [PDF]

, 2017
The benefits of an active life – such as improved mental health and lowered risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers – are well known amongst sports and exercise medicine professionals.
Bunn, Christopher
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Effects of physically active maths lessons on children's maths performance and maths‐related affective factors: Multi‐arm cluster randomized controlled trial

British Journal of Educational Psychology, Volume 94, Issue 3, Page 839-861, September 2024.
Abstract Background Physical activity (PA) may benefit academic performance, but it is unclear what kind of classroom‐based PA is optimal for learning. Aim We studied the effects of physically active maths lessons on children's maths performance and maths‐related effects, and whether gender and previous mathematical or motor skills modify these effects.
Heidi J. Syväoja, Sirpa Sneck, Tuomas Kukko, Piritta Asunta, Pekka Räsänen, Helena Viholainen, Janne Kulmala, Harto Hakonen, Tuija H. Tammelin   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Local Ischemic Compression on Upper Limb Latent Myofascial Trigger Points: A Study of Subjective Pain and Linear Motor Performance

Rehabilitation Research and Practice, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
Objective. To analyse the effect of the manual ischemic compression (IC) on the upper limb motor performance (MP) in patients with LTrPs. Materials and Methods. A quasiexperimental study was performed in twenty subjects allocated to either patients group with LTrPs (PG, n=10) or healthy group with no symptoms (HG, n=10).
Danilo Esparza, Arian R. Aladro-Gonzalvo, Yves Rybarczyk, Eric Kerckhofs   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The correlations between body posture parameters and physical fitness characteristics of male and female pupils playing the accordion and the Western concert flute

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2018
Introduction. The boundaries of human adaptation to the load of exercise in sport, recreational and occupational activity are flexible but not unlimited. Material, methods and research tools.
Mateusz Apanowicz
doaj   +3 more sources

Background, rationale, and methodological overview of the REACT project—return‐to‐action on growth, motor development, and health after the COVID‐19 pandemic in primary school children

American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 36, Issue 7, July 2024.
Abstract Objectives The REACT project was designed around two main aims: (1) to assess children's growth and motor development after the COVID‐19 pandemic and (2) to follow their fundamental movement skills' developmental trajectories over 18 months using a novel technological device (Meu Educativo®) in their physical education classes.
Sara Pereira, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Donald Hedeker, Tiago V. Barreira, Rui Garganta, Cláudio Farias, Fernando Garbeloto, Go Tani, Jean‐Philippe Chaput, David F. Stodden, José Maia   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Obesity Prevention: A Systematic Review of Setting‐Based Interventions from Nordic Countries and the Netherlands

Journal of Obesity, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Aim. Effective evidence‐based interventions have an important role in obesity prevention. Our aim was to present a qualitative synthesis of setting‐based health promotion interventions on obesity, from Nordic countries and the Netherlands. Methods. A systematic review of the literature was completed for studies in the community, schools, and worksite ...
Jacqueline Panter, Pernille Tanggaard Andersen, Arja R. Aro, Anastasia Samara, R. Prager   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in Physical Fitness among High Grade Schoolgirls

Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences, 2018
Research background and hypothesis. During the last five years Lithuanian long-term research related to the peculiarities of changes  in  physical fitness among 10-12 th -grade  schoolgirls has  not  been  found.
Oksana Smirnovienė, Rita Sadzevičienė, Edita Maciulevičienė   +2 more
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