ArticleScientific reports2026
Differences in motor skill-related physical fitness between moderately thin and normal weight rural Ethiopian children (ages 5-7).
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This study aims to compare motor skill-related physical fitness in children with moderate thinness (MT) to those with normal weight (NW) (aged 5-7) living in a rural Ethiopian area. In this comparative, school-based cross-sectional study, BMI-for-age was used to define the nutritional groups in 167 children aged 5-7, including 74 MT children (BMI-for-age =[-3;-2]) and 93 NW children (BMI-for-age=[-1z;+1z[). The Performance and Fitness test battery (PERF-FIT) measured motor skill-related physical fitness. Differences in PERF-FIT subscales and total score were explored with ANOVA (independent variables: nutritional status and age group). Variables explaining the variance in total PERF-FIT scores were identified through multivariable linear regression. A significant interaction effect between BMI category and age groups was found for the PERF-FIT total score (F
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