This review aims to summarize the latest developments with regard to physical fitness and
several health outcomes in young people. The literature reviewed suggests that (1) …

Background Because fitness level is a potent biomarker of health from an early age, the
improvements of physical fitness performance through the promotion of physical activity …

Background: Physical fitness is strongly associated with several positive health indicators
among adolescents. However, its association with body mass index status is inconsistent …

Few studies have investigated the impact of school-based physical activity interventions on
anthropometric characteristics concomitantly with aerobic and anaerobic capacities in young …

A cross-sectional study was carried out to analyse, through a limited number of fitness tests,
the main conditioning and coordinative abilities in children aged 8–9 years, and their …

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 …

This study examined obesity and parameters of physical fitness in 178 elementary
schoolchildren during an academic year as well as after the summer holidays. Results …

Physical activity and fitness play a significant role in prevention of overweight and obesity in
children and adolescents. Current understanding and evidence from epidemiologic studies …

Any discussion of obesity in youth must consider physical activity level or energy output.
Many suggest that increasing levels of obesity among children is the direct result of …

Fitness and physical activity levels of children and adolescents are commonly addressed but
data on scientific investigations are both equivocal and methodologically diverse. The …