ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2025
Associations between body mass index and health-related physical fitness among Chinese university students: a cross-sectional study.
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- Association Between Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness Among University Students in a Sub-Plateau Region of Gansu Province, China: A Cross-Sectional Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Limited Association Between Body Mass Index and Selected Components of Physical Fitness in Higher Education Physical Education Students: A Sex- and Country-Specific Analysis.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The relationship between Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness Index among college students: a cross-sectional study in Yangzhou, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Comparative changes in problematic smartphone use tendencies across four active exercise modalities among college students: an exploratory multicategorical relative indirect-effect analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Health-Related Physical Fitness of Romanian University Students: The European Fitness Badge Approach.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Obesity among university students is a growing concern with significant implications for physical and mental health. This study aims to examine the associations between body mass index (BMI) and health-related physical fitness among Chinese university students. Data were collected from 14,735 students (9,117 males and 5,618 females) aged 19-25 years. Physical fitness was assessed using the Chinese College Students' Physical Fitness Test, and BMI was calculated as weight (kg) divided by height (m)
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