ArticleBulletin of the World Health Organization2019
Youth cardiorespiratory fitness: evidence, myths and misconceptions.
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- Field-Based Health-Related Physical Fitness Tests in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- Active Commuting and Physical Fitness: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity Is Associated With Cardiorespiratory Fitness Among Primary Schoolchildren Living in Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa, and Tanzania.Frontiers in public health · 2021Trial
- Effect of Scaling Peak Oxygen Uptake for Body Size and Composition to Assess Cardiometabolic Risk in Children.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2025Article
- Direction of Change in Cardiorespiratory Fitness in School-Age Children: A Longitudinal Single-Centre Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mediative role of body mass index in cardiorespiratory fitness-associated vascular remodeling in youth.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Reliability of an "At-Home" Method for Monitoring Resting and Reactive Autonomic Nervous System Activity in Children: A Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Weight Status, and Body Composition among South African Primary Schoolchildren.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Secular trends of cardiorespiratory fitness in children and adolescents over a 35-year period: Chronicle of a predicted foretold.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Comment on 'Developing a New Curvilinear Allometric Model to Improve the Fit and Validity of the 20-m Shuttle Run Test as a Predictor of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adults and Youth'.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
- Organized Sport Participation, Physical Activity, Sleep and Screen Time in 16-Year-Old Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Physical activity and aerobic fitness in relation to local and interhemispheric functional connectivity in adolescents' brains.Brain and behavior · 2021Article
- Comparison of Peak Oxygen Consumption During Exercise Testing Between Sexes Among Children and Adolescents in Taiwan.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
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- Traditional and New Perspectives on Youth Cardiorespiratory Fitness.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2020Article
- The 20 m shuttle run is not a valid test of cardiorespiratory fitness in boys aged 11-14 years.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
Rigorously determined peak oxygen uptake is internationally recognized as the criterion measure of youth cardiorespiratory fitness. The assessment and interpretation of children's and adolescents' peak oxygen uptake and the relationship of the measure with other health-related variables are well documented. There has been a recent resurgence of interest in the prediction of peak oxygen uptake from field performance tests in young people. However, coupled with ratio-scaling of data and the raising of clinical red flags, these practices risk clouding our understanding of youth cardiorespiratory fitness and its relationship with current and future health. We believe these methods have the potential to mislead clinical practice and misguide recommendations for the promotion of youth cardiovascular health. We discuss relevant scientific evidence and interpretations that have emerged from predicting youth cardiorespiratory fitness from performance test scores. We argue that children deserve to have health care founded on evidence-based science and not on myths and misconceptions.
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