Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano (Aug 2010)

<b> Passing rates on physical fitness. Effects of age, gender, physical activity, overweight and obesity. </b>

  • Daniel Monteiro de Vilhena e Santos,
  • Raquel Nichele de Chaves,
  • Michele Caroline de Souza,
  • André Seabra,
  • Rui Garganta,
  • José António Ribeiro Maia

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 5
pp. 309 – 315

Abstract

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The main objective of this study was to analyze the influence of gender, age, physicalactivity (PA) and overweight/obesity on health-related physical fitness (HRPF) passing rates. Asample of 581 boys and 529 girls, aged 6 to 10 years and enrolled in first cycle primary schoolsin Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal, was studied. Weight and height were measured and BMI wascalculated. The FITNESSGRAM test battery was applied. The cut-off values of Cole et al.(2000) for overweight and obesity were used. PA levels were estimated using the questionnaireof Godin and Shephard. A high prevalence of overweight and obesity was found. No positiveassociation was observed between PA and HRPF. Age does not seem to have an impact onHRPF passing rates.

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