The increasing prevalence of paediatric obesity and related metabolic complications has
been mainly associated with lower aerobic fitness while less is known regarding potential …

Purpose This study was to present the 2016 prevalence estimates of Chinese school-aged
children meeting physical fitness standards and to examine differences by sex and …

There is evidence that cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity significantly reduce
cardiovascular risks in adults. A better understanding of the association between …

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

Background The prevalence of obesity increased while certain measures of physical fitness
deteriorated in preschool children in China over the past decade. This study tested the …

Purpose This study aimed to assess the association between nutrition behavior, food intake,
being overweight, and obesity among school-aged children and adolescents aged 9 to 17 …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI)
status and physical performance in Brazilian children. The analyzed sample was composed …

Background Little is known about the relationship between body composition and physical
fitness in 14 year-old high school adolescents of South Africa. Baseline data from a …

The high prevalence of obesity in childhood and adolescence has major public health
consequences, since it is associated with various chronic diseases in the short-and long …

There is lacking a population-based study on the fitness level of Hong Kong schoolchildren,
and it seems that increasing childhood obesity prevalence has shifted the classification of …