ArticlePloS one2021
Physical fitness in preschool children in relation to later body composition at first grade in school.
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- Relationships of BMI, muscle-to-fat ratio, and handgrip strength-to-BMI ratio to physical fitness in Spanish children and adolescents.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Associations between body composition and physical fitness among Chinese medical students: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- The Impact of Obesity on the Fitness Performance of School-Aged Children Living in Rural Areas-The West Attica Project.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Temporal Association between Body Characteristics and Speed Performance over Twenty-Five Years in Italian Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Field-based physical fitness assessment in preschool children: A scoping review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Development of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Children in the Transition From Kindergarten to Basic School According to Participation in Organized Sports.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Physical Activity, Fitness, and Cognitive Performance of Estonian First-Grade Schoolchildren According Their MVPA Level in Kindergarten: A Longitudinal Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Pubertal Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Relation to Late Adolescent Body Fatness in Boys: A 6-Year Follow-Up Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to investigate whether better physical fitness in kindergarten predicts later healthier body composition in first grade at school.
methodsBody composition was assessed by skinfold thickness measurements. Physical fitness tests included 20 m shuttle run test, handgrip strength test, standing long jump test, 4x10 m shuttle run test as part of PREFIT fitness test battery, and one-leg stance test from EUROFIT test battery. The participants of this study were 147 Estonian children (51% boys) aged 6-8 years, who were measured in the transition from kindergarten to school.
resultsAfter adjusting for maternal body mass index, educational attainment, child's sex, age at the measurements, greater cardiovascular and motor fitness, relative lower body strength, static balance at 6.6 yr were associated with lower fat mass index, fat mass percentage at 12-month follow-up. The relative lower body strength above the median at 6.6 yr were related to lower fat mass index and fat mass percentage at 12-month follow-up, while the static balance test results demonstrated the opposite associations. Improvements in the 4x10 m shuttle run test results during the 12-month follow-up period were associated with the most beneficial changes in body composition status, such as increases in fat-free mass index and decreases in fat mass index, fat mass percentage, waist-to-height ratio after adjusting for maternal body mass index, educational attainment, child's sex, age, at the measurements and baseline values of exposures.
conclusionBetter physical fitness tests results at 6.6 yr in kindergarten generally predicted lower body fat parameters in children at 7.6 yr in first grade at school.
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