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Physical activity, screen viewing time, and overweight/obesity among Chinese children and adolescents: an update from the 2017 physical activity and fitness in China—the youth study

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background With increases in inactive lifestyles and mounting pressure for academic excellence in Chinese younger populations, lack of physical activity and increased prevalence of obesity have become a major public health concern in China.
Zheng Zhu, Yan Tang, Jie Zhuang, Yang Liu, Xueping Wu, Yujun Cai, Lijuan Wang, Zhen-Bo Cao, Peijie Chen   +8 more
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Long-term effect of a school-based physical activity program (KISS) on fitness and adiposity in children: a cluster-randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: School-based intervention studies promoting a healthy lifestyle have shown favorable immediate health effects. However, there is a striking paucity on long-term follow-ups.
Rocca, Hans-Peter Brunner-La, Helge Hebestreit, Helge Hebestreit (520030), Probst-Hensch, N., Ernst, Dominique, Rocca Hans-Peter Brunner-La, Zahner, L., Schindler, C, Meyer Ursina, Hebestreit Helge, Dominique Ernst, Willem van Mechelen, Kriemler, Susi, Lukas Zahner (18241), Jardena J Puder, Puder, J.J., Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca, Ernst, D., Puder Jardena J., Probst-Hensch, Nicole, Probst-Hensch, N, Probst-Hensch Nicole, Kriemler, S., Dominique Ernst (520029), Susi Kriemler, Brunner-La Rocca, H P, Ursina Meyer, Meyer, U, Puder, J J, Christian Schindler (71594), Jardena J. Puder (520033), Kriemler Susi, Zahner, Lukas, Rocca, H.P.B.L., Hebestreit, H, Christian Schindler, Ernst Dominique, Ernst, D, Willem van Mechelen (17577), Zahner Lukas, van Mechelen, W, Susi Kriemler (18250), Brunner-La Rocca, Hans-Peter, Rocca, Hans-Peter Brunner-La; id_orcid, Meyer, Ursina, Ursina Meyer (520028), Rocca, H.P., Schindler Christian, van Mechelen, W., Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca (520031), Meyer, U., Puder, Jardena J., Lukas Zahner, Nicole Probst-Hensch (520032), Hebestreit, Helge, Hebestreit, H., Nicole Probst-Hensch, Schindler, Christian, van Mechelen, Willem, Schindler, C., van Mechelen Willem, Zahner, L   +61 more
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The genetics of physical fitness [PDF]

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2000
Editor,—Might I briefly comment on Dr Lavin's observation that elite athletes, whom he classes as “freak”, “are as removed from real life as it is possible to …
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An investigation of the relationship and pathways of influence between body mass index, motor coordination, and health-related physical fitness index in preschool children

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundMovement development and motor ability are related to preschool children's physical health, and obesity is an increasingly serious problem in early childhood.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to analyze the mechanism of body mass index (BMI ...
Deqiang Zhao, Xiaoxiao Chen, Aoyu Zhang, Chunmiao Wang, Yibei Wang, Jin He, Jiaxin Chen, Haixia Hu, Xiaoni Tang, Aiying Zhang, Han Xiao, Yanfeng Zhang   +11 more
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Association between school environment with sedentary behavior and physical activity intensity in children

Scientific Reports, 2023
We examined the association between indicators of the school environment with sedentary behavior and different intensities of physical activity in children.
Diego Sales, João Pedro da Silva Junior, Raiany Rosa Bergamo, Luis Carlos de Oliveira, Gerson Ferrari, Victor Matsudo   +5 more
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Physical Fitness

Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 1983
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PHYSICAL FITNESS AND FLYING [PDF]

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 1973
“Fitness” is a word wellknown in the countries of the English language, especially in U.S.A. In Europe we used and use more for the same conception, words like “die Kondition, die Eignung, die Tauglichkeit, die Form” (Germany) or “la condition, la performance, le rendement” (France) or “la forma” (Italy, Spain).
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Soil-transmitted helminth infections and physical fitness in school-aged Bulang children in southwest China : results from a cross-sectional survey [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Chronic soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections have been associated with reduced physical fitness, but available evidence is limited. The aim of this cross-sectional survey was to assess the feasibility of measuring children's physical ...
Peter Steinmann, Wang Jian, Steinmann Peter, Utzinger, Jürg, Zhou, Hui, Utzinger Jürg, Yap, Peiling, Zun-Wei Du, Fang-Wei Wu, Du Zun-Wei, Ran Chen, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Jürg Utzinger, Hui Zhou, Yap Peiling, Zhang, Li-Ping, Wang, Jian, Zhou, Xiao-Nong, Wu, Fang-Wei, Chen Ran, Du, Zun-Wei, Zhang Li-Ping, Xue-Zhong Wang, Zhou Xiao-Nong, Wang, Xue-Zhong, Zhou Hui, Steinmann, Peter, Li-Ping Zhang, Peiling Yap, Chen, Ran, Jian Wang, Wu Fang-Wei, Wang Xue-Zhong   +32 more
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Current Status and Correlated Factors of Fall Risk Among Chinese Elderly Aged 60-79:A 2024 Nationwide Cross-Sectional Analysis

Xiehe Yixue Zazhi
ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence and associated factors of fall risk among Chinese older adults, and to examine the roles of urban-rural differences, regional disparities, physical health status, and psychosocial factors in falls among this ...
ZHU Jiarong, WANG Jingjing, FAN Chaoqun, ZHANG Xu, FENG Qiang   +4 more
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Specific associations between heart rate variability and motor domains in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a comparative study

Frontiers in Psychiatry
ObjectiveThis study compared children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and typically developing (TD) controls on heart rate variability (HRV) and motor proficiency, and examined their combined role in predicting ADHD symptom severity ...
Jiaxin Chen, Xiaoxiao Chen, Deqiang Zhao, Chunmiao Wang, Haixia Hu, Yanfeng Zhang   +5 more
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