ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2021
There Is an Inverse Correlation between Basic Motor Skills and Overweight in Schoolchildren Aged 8 to 12.
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- Relationship Between Fundamental Motor Skill Proficiency and the Development of Overweight and Obesity in Normally Developing Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Age-Specific Normative Values for the Sitting-Rising Test in Brazilian Children and Adolescents.Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Out-of-School Physical Activity, Physical Growth and the Development of Motor Skills.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Body Composition and Adiposity in Children with Down Syndrome Compared to Typically Developing Children: The Association with Their Motor Performance.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Effectiveness of a Physical Literacy-Based Intervention for Increasing Physical Activity Levels and Improving Health Indicators in Overweight and Obese Adolescents (CAPACITES 64).Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Biomarkers for rapid H-reflex operant conditioning among females.Journal of neurophysiology · 2023Article
- Individual and environmental parameters in children with and without developmental coordination disorder: associations with physical activity and body mass index.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Recovery of the Foot Loading Patterns of Children with Excess Weight after Losing Weight: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
In the last three decades, childhood obesity has become a 21st century epidemic, a product of social development. The purpose of this study was to analyze the repercussions that overweight and obesity have for the basic motor skills of a group of children in primary school, as well as their interrelations. We analyzed a sample of 287 students from Spain, aged between 8 and 12 years. Anthropometric data were taken to determine their Body Mass Index (BMI). A scale of assessment of basic motor skills was used to evaluate their motor skills. The BMI data revealed that 11% of this sample was considered obese, and 26% was overweight. Children showed higher competence in locomotor skills than in object control and turn and rolling skills, for which motor competence levels were lower. Likewise, there was an inverse relationship between BMI and basic motor skills; children with obesity had the lowest levels of motor skills, and there was a significant difference regarding non-obese children (
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