Trial reportBioMed research international2014
Perceived difficulty with physical tasks, lifestyle, and physical performance in obese children.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparing two diagnostic frameworks for obesity in Mexican children attending a pediatric obesity clinic.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Why they do not move: An explainable machine learning analysis of physical activity barriers in obese adolescents and tool translation.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The "Burden" of Childhood Obesity on Bone Health: A Look at Prevention and Treatment.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Reasons and promotion strategies of physical activity constraints in obese/overweight children and adolescents.Sports medicine and health science · 2024Review
- Leveraging the construct of physical literacy to promote physical activity for youth with obesity - A qualitative analysis of physical therapists' perceptions.Obesity pillars · 2023Article
- Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis-Derived Phase Angle and Body Composition Are Predictors of Health-Related Fitness in Children and Adolescents with Obesity.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Perceived Difficulties in Physical Tasks and Physical Fitness in Treatment- and Non-Treatment-Seeking Youths with Obesity.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Neuromusculoskeletal Health in Pediatric Obesity: Incorporating Evidence into Clinical Examination.Current obesity reports · 2021Review
- Lower Performance in the Six-Minute Walk Test in Obese Youth With Cardiometabolic Risk Clustering.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2018Article
- Attitudes Toward Physical Activity According to Weight Status Among Schoolchildren in Sousse, Tunisia.Health services research and managerial epidemiologyArticle
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
We estimated perceived difficulty with physical tasks, lifestyle, and physical performance in 382 children and adolescents (163 obese, 54 overweight, and 165 normal-weight subjects) and the relationship between perceived physical difficulties and sports participation, sedentary behaviors, or physical performance. Perceived difficulty with physical tasks and lifestyle habits was assessed by interview using a structured questionnaire, while physical performance was assessed through the six-minute walking test (6 MWT). Obese children had higher perceived difficulty with several activities of daily living, were less engaged in sports, and had lower physical performance than normal-weight or overweight children; on the contrary, they did not differ with regard to time spent in sedentary behaviors. Perceived difficulty in running and hopping negatively predicted sports participation (P < 0.05 and <0.01, resp.), while perceived difficulty in almost all physical activities negatively predicted the 6 MWT, independently of BMI (P < 0.01). Our results indicate that perception of task's difficulty level may reflect an actual difficulty in obese children. These findings may have practical implications for approaching physical activity in obese children. Exploring both the perception of a task's difficulty level and physical performance may be useful to design exercise programs that allow safe and successful participation.
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