ArticleNutrients2018
The Effect of Place of Residence on Physical Fitness and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in 3⁻5-Year-Old Girls and Boys: Urban vs. Rural.
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- Correlates of adherence to the Mediterranean diet among preschool-age and school-age children living in Mediterranean countries: a systematic review.European journal of nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Healthy and Sustainable Dietary Patterns in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- Comparison of physical activity levels among school-age adolescents in rural and urban areas of district Swat, KPK, Pakistan.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2025Article
- Geographic and ethnic inequalities in total and central obesity, and physical fitness among preschool children: Insights from the PREFIT project.Pediatric obesity · 2025Article
- Geographic disparities in physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep time, and gross motor skills in Nigerian preschoolers.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Physical fitness profile of primary school learners in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2024Article
- Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet during Pregnancy: Associations with Sociodemographic and Anthropometric Parameters, Perinatal Outcomes, and Breastfeeding Practices.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Evaluation of rural-urban patterns in dietary intake: A descriptive analytical study - Case series.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Field-based physical fitness assessment in preschool children: A scoping review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- How Does the Family Influence the Physical Condition and Health of Children in a Rural Environment?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Relationship between Social Capital within Its Different Contexts and Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet Among Lithuanian Adolescents.Nutrients · 2019Article
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Abstract
The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of place of residence on physical fitness and adherence to Mediterranean Diet (AMD) in 3⁻5-year-old children, i.e., whether those who live in urban areas differ than those in rural and whether any difference varied by age. Participants were 363 preschoolers (age 3⁻5 years old), who performed a series of anthropometric, physical fitness tests and measured their nutritional habits through a 16-item Mediterranean Diet (KIDMED) questionnaire. The main findings of the present study were that (a) boys had better performance in ball bouncing, Medicine Ball Throw Test (MBTT), 25 m sprint, Standing Broad Jump (SBJ), crawling, and shuttle run test (SRT) than girls, and the magnitude of these differences was small; (b) preschoolers in urban residence were taller than those in rural and had better performance in SRT; (c) older preschoolers had larger anthropometric characteristics and better performance than younger preschoolers; (d) the magnitude of the effect of age was larger than the effect of residence; and (e) good AMD was more prevalent in boys than in girls and in 3-year-old participants than in their older peers, but was not related to place of residence. Therefore, these findings identified the need to develop exercise and nutrition intervention programs in preschoolers considering sex, age, and place of residence.
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