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Fitness, physical activity and academic achievement in overweight/obese children
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- Cadenas-Sanchez, Cristina (author)
- Univ Granada, Spain
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- Migueles, Jairo H. (author)
- Univ Granada, Spain
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- Esteban-Cornejo, Irene (author)
- Univ Granada, Spain; Northeastern Univ, MA 02115 USA
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- Mora-Gonzalez, Jose (author)
- Univ Granada, Spain
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- Henriksson, Pontus (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för samhälle och hälsa,Medicinska fakulteten,Karolinska Inst, Sweden
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- Rodriguez-Ayllon, Maria (author)
- Univ Granada, Spain
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- Molina-Garcia, Pablo (author)
- Univ Granada, Spain
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- Löf, Marie (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för samhälle och hälsa,Medicinska fakulteten,Karolinska Inst, Sweden
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- Labayen, Idoia (author)
- Univ Publ Navarra, Spain
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- Hillman, Charles H. (author)
- Northeastern Univ, MA 02115 USA; Northeastern Univ, MA 02115 USA
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- Catena, Andres (author)
- Univ Granada, Spain
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- Ortega, Francisco B. (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Univ Granada, Spain; Karolinska Inst, Sweden
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- 2020-02-24
- 2020
- English.
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In: Journal of Sports Sciences. - : TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. - 0264-0414 .- 1466-447X. ; 38:7, s. 731-740
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- The aim of this study was to examine the associations of fitness and physical activity with academic achievement in children with overweight/obesity. A total of 106 (10.0 +/- 1.1y, 61 boys) children participated. The fitness components were assessed by field and laboratory-based tests. Physical activity was measured via accelerometry. The academic achievement was assessed by a standardised test and school-grades. Field-based cardiorespiratory fitness was associated with language skills (ss-standardised- ranging from 0.281 to 0.365, p amp;lt; 0.01). The field-based muscular strength was associated with grade point average, natural and social sciences, and foreign language (ss = 0.280-0.326, all p amp;lt;= 0.01). Speed-agility was associated with some language-related skills (ss = 0.325-0.393, all p amp;lt;= 0.01). The laboratory-based muscular strength also showed an association with mathematics skills (ss = 0.251-0.306, all p amp;lt;= 0.01). Physical activity did not show significant association with academic achievement (p amp;gt; 0.01). Overall, the significant associations observed for muscular strength and speed/agility were attenuated and disappeared in many cases after additional adjustments for body mass index and cardiorespiratory fitness, indicating that these associations are inter-dependent. Our study contributes by indicating that other fitness components apart from cardiorespiratory fitness, such as muscular strength and speed-agility, are positively associated with academic achievement. However, these associations appear to be dependent on body mass index and cardiorespiratory fitness.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Idrottsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Sport and Fitness Sciences (hsv//eng)
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- Aerobic fitness; academic performance; light physical activity; moderate physical activity; vigorous physical activity; moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
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