ArticleFrontiers in public health2023
Relationships between physical activity, fundamental motor skills, and body mass index in preschool children.
Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06016296 (Effects of Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention on Fundamental Motor Skills, Language Development and Physical Activity Level in Children Aged 3 to 6 Years), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effects of Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention on Fundamental Motor Skills, Language Development and Physical Activity Level in Children Aged 3 to 6 Years: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Correlation analysis of fundamental movement skills level and aquatic competence acquisition in children aged 4-6 years.Frontiers in public health · 2026Trial
- Evaluating the impact of motor quotient physical fitness training on health-related fitness indicators and obesity risk in children aged 7-8 years in Tianjin, China.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Postural Stability and Physical Fitness in Preschool Children: Associations with Lower-Limb Muscular Strength, Speed/Agility, and Cardiorespiratory Fitness.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association Between Physical Activity, Body Mass Index, and Aerobic Capacity in Periurban Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Differential Effects of Individually Adapted Challenge-Oriented Heidelberg Ballschule Activities Versus Static Version on Motor Competence and Affective Engagement in 9-11-Year-Old Female Children.BioMed research international · 2026Article
- A study on the impact of childhood obesity on health-related physical fitness through motor coordination-related functional pathways.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Out-of-School Physical Activity, Physical Growth and the Development of Motor Skills.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Physical Fitness Benchmarks for Preschool Children in South Korea: A Population-Based Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Relationship between physical activity and sleep habits with motor proficiency among school aged children in Iran.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Joint Angular Kinematics and Gross Motor Function in Typically Developing Healthy Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- An investigation of the relationship and pathways of influence between body mass index, motor coordination, and health-related physical fitness index in preschool children.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Manual Dexterity and Toothbrushing Efficiency in Preschool Children: A Crossover Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Correlations between Physical Activity Participation and Anthropometric Features with Gross and Fine Motor Skills in School Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.International journal of school health · 2024Article
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- Impact of physical indicators on ocular development in preschool children.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Review
- Effects of Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention on Fundamental Motor Skills, Language Development and Physical Activity Level in Children Aged 3 to 6 Years: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Purpose: To investigate whether there is a potential relationship between physical activity (PA), fundamental motor skills (FMS), and Body Mass Index (BMI) in preschool children and to further explore the differences in PA and FMS between normal-weight and overweight/obese preschool children. Method: Participants were 366 preschool children aged 3 to 6 years; 358 completed all tests (194 boys and 164 girls). PA, FMS, body weight, and height were measured by triaxial accelerometer, the Test of Gross Motor Development, Second Edition (TGMD-2), and anthropometry measurement, respectively. Result: The overall rate of overweight/obesity was 17.0%, with no significant gender difference ( Conclusion: Overweight/obesity in preschool children requires effective measures. PA is positively associated with FMS, while BMI is not potentially related to FMS or PA in preschool years. Overweight or obese girls should develop healthier weight status by increasing MVPA hours and reducing sedentary time.
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