Children with obesity tend to have lower level of physical activity compared to non-obese
peers. In fact, sedentary behaviors are prevalent in obese children causing difficulties to …

Objectives The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to provide estimates for
overweight and obesity in a sample of Greek schoolchildren and to determine their possible …

The objective of this study was to investigate the association between physical fitness and
body mass index categories (obesity, OB; overweight, OW; normal-weight, NW; and …

Background Physical activity (PA), fatness and fitness in children and teenagers have been
associated with short and long-term health benefits. However, little research analyzing these …

The prevalence of obesity in children has increased dramatically during the past decades in
Europe and understanding physical fitness and its components in children is critical to …

Aims: Investigating tracking of fatness from childhood to adolescence, early adolescence to
young adulthood and late adolescence to young adulthood. Subjects and methods …

Objective The aim of the study was to evaluate physical fitness (PF) and identify its
anthropometric and lifestyle determinants in a sample of Greek schoolchildren. Methods The …

Aim. The aim of this study was to establish phy-sical fitness (PF) levels in a school
population of 11-18-year-old students and analyse differences according to body mass …

Objective: To examine the influence of cardiorespiratory fitness on total and truncal fatness
in children. It was hypothesised that high cardiorespiratory fitness would result in lower total …

Background: Physical fitness (PF) is positively related to skeletal and metabolic health, and it
had an inverse relation with obesity. Adolescents with obesity have the worst performance in …