ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2022
The Impact of COVID-19-Related Mitigation Measures on the Health and Fitness Status of Primary School Children in Austria: A Longitudinal Study with Data from 708 Children Measured before and during the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Impact of age, sex, body constitution, and the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical fitness of 38,084 German primary school children.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Changes in children's cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic: a 34-month longitudinal study of 331 primary school children.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2024Article
- Impact of social isolation during COVID-19 on anthropometric data, quality of life, baseline physical activity and aortic pulse wave parameters in children and adolescents in two independent samples.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Covid Pandemic Effects on the Physical Fitness of Primary School Children: Results of the German EMOTIKON Project.Sports medicine - open · 2023Article
- Geographical Disparity in Cardiorespiratory Fitness among 3,189,540 Japanese Children and Adolescents before and during the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic: An Ecological Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- COVID-19 pandemic-related weight gain in the pediatric population declined after restrictions ended, except among obese patients.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Sex-Related Differences in the Relationship between Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Results from Chinese Cross-Sectional Study on Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Physical Functions among Children before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Longitudinal Observational Study (Stage 1).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Observational
- Change in BMI and Fitness among Primary School Children in Austria: A 24-Month Follow-Up Study of 303 Children Measured before and during the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Physical Fitness of Primary School Students in China Based on the Bronfenbrenner Ecological Theory.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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The COVID-19-related closing of schools and sport facilities resulted in major changes to daily routines worldwide. It was the aim of this study to investigate the impact of COVID-19-related mitigation measures on the health and fitness status of primary school children in Austria. Seven hundred and eight primary school children (7-10 years old) participated in the longitudinal study. Data on height, weight, waist circumference, and fitness were collected before (September 2019) and during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic (June 20, September 20, March 21, June 21). A significant increase in EQUI BMI
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