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ArticlePreventive medicine reports2024

Trends of physical fitness related to weight status: An analysis including over 412,000 Swiss young male conscripts from 2007 to 2022.

Cédric Gubelmann, Zeno Stanga, Kaspar Staub, Pedro Marques-Vidal

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Cédric GubelmannDepartment of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Zeno StangaCentre of Competence for Military and Disaster Medicine, Swiss Armed Forces, Bern, Switzerland.
Kaspar StaubInstitute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Pedro Marques-VidalDepartment of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Abstract

Objective: The high prevalence of obesity among young adults in the civilian population pose challenges in recruiting physically fit soldiers. We assessed the trend of physical fitness related to weight status among Swiss male conscripts. Methods: Cross-sectional data of medical examination data during mandatory conscription for the Swiss Armed Forces, 2007-2022 (N = 412,186). The conscription physical test (CPT) assessed five aspects of physical fitness, each aspect scoring 0-25, one component being an endurance test (ET). CPT and ET categories were defined as per military guidelines: "Insufficient", "Sufficient", "Good", "Very Good" and "Excellent". Weight status was based on body mass index (BMI). Results: Conscripts with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m Conclusion: Male Swiss conscripts with overweight and obesity have lower physical fitness than normal weight conscripts, and this condition tends to worsen over the conscription years.

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ArmyConscriptionEpidemiologyObesityPhysical fitnessTrendWeight status

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PMCPMC10809177

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