Associations Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Overweight With Academic Performance in 12-Year-Old Brazilian Children

Santana, Carla; Farah, Breno Quintella; Azevedo, Liane B.; Hill, James O.; Gunnarsdottir, Thrudur; Botero, João Paulo; Prado, Edna Cristina do; Prado, Wagner Luiz do

doi:10.1123/pes.2016-0048

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“…The result regarding a significant association between CRF and academic performance in male college first-year students was the same as the other studies, which examined the same two variables in children (De Almeida Santana et al, 2017) and adolescents (García-Hermoso, Esteban-Cornejo, Olloquequi, & Ramírez-Vélez, 2017;Kwak et al, 2009). In addition, the CRF was the main explanatory factor for the GPA in male college participants after further regression.…”

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“…There were several possible factors for the improvement of cognition due to the intervention of exercise, such as an increase in cortical thickness (Reiter et al, 2015), maintenance or improvement of brain function and structure (Burzynska et al, 2014;Colcombe et al, 2006), and an increase in brain blood flow (Burdette et al, 2010) although further studies are warranted for precise mechanisms. Recent studies indicated (De Almeida Santana et al, 2017;García-Hermoso, Esteban-Cornejo, Olloquequi, & Ramírez-Vélez, 2017) that CRF was significantly related with academic performance in children and young teenagers.…”

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Health-Related Physical Fitness and Academic Performance in College Students

Yang¹,

Tsao²

2020

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Whether cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and physical fitness affect academic performance in college first-year students is a concerning issue. Therefore, the goal of this study was to examine the relationship between academic performance and CRF and the components of physical fitness in college first-year students. A total of 98 college first-year students (female: 30, male: 68) participated in this study. The CRF was measured using a gas analyzer on a treadmill and physical fitness included body mass index, sit-up in one minute, standing long jump, sit-and-reach, 800 (female) and 1600-m (male) run/walk. The two assessments were scheduled by an interval of 7-10 days. The grade point average (GPA) in formal grade report was provided by each participant after the completion of the first academic year. The data were analyzed by an independent t-test and the relationships between variables were analyzed by Pearson product-moment correlation. The results displayed that males were significantly higher than females in CRF (p < 0.05). For physical fitness, the BMI, sit-up in one minute, standing long jump were significantly higher in males than in females. However, females were significantly higher than males in the number of sit-and-reach (p < 0.05). For academic performance, the GPA displayed similar between different genders. After regression analyses, the CRF was significantly related with academic performance and explained 56% of the variance for GPA in male college freshmen. However, neither CRF nor the components of physical fitness showed any significant relationship with academic performance in females. In conclusion, the CRF accounted for the variance of academic performance in male. However, a similar result was not found in the female part.

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Health-Related Physical Fitness and Academic Performance in College Students

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“…This positive correlation is also presented in other studies in children and adolescents where higher CRF was related to increased mean academic attainment in both boys and girls [39,40]. Nevertheless, in a study in Brazilian children, CRF was only positively associated with Math in girls [41], while in another study in Chilean children it was negatively related to reading/language arts and math scores in girls [42]. However, the higher CRF in boys than in girls could mediate this association.…”

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The Relationship between Physical Activity Levels, Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Academic Achievement School-Age Children from Southern Spain

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The relationship between physical activity (PA), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and academic achievement in young people is unclear. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between PA, CRF and academic achievement in 152 children according to sex (average age of 8.6 ± 0.3 years) in southern Spain. A tri-axial accelerometer was used to measure PA; the 20-m Shuttle Run Test was performed to assess the CRF; and to know the academic achievement, the official school records were considered. The results showed a weak correlation between moderate PA and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) with CRF in boys (all, 0.2 > r < 0.4; p < 0.05), whereas the vigorous PA showed a moderate and weak correlation with CRF (all, p < 0.05), in both boys (r = 0.537) and girls (r = 0.382), respectively. In addition, a weak inverse correlation between moderate PA and MVPA with academic achievement showed in girls (all, 0.2 > r < 0.4; p < 0.05). Finally, the CRF weakly correlated with academic achievement only in boys (all, 0.2 > r < 0.4; p < 0.05). Our study showed a relationship between PA and CRF in both sexes. Nonetheless, the PA was inversely related to academic achievement in girls, whereas the CRF was related to academic achievement in boys.

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“…The effect could not be explained by family income, parental education, genetic background, or past cognitive achievement and was robust to different measures of adiposity. Additionally, in preadolescents from Brazil, a negative association between skinfold thickness and performance in mathematics was reported to be significant in males, but not in females [ 55 ]. Our findings might be consistent with those of the literature showing that men bear a heavier burden following excessive weight gain.…”

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Increased Adiposity as a Potential Risk Factor for Lower Academic Performance: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chilean Adolescents from Low-to-Middle Socioeconomic Background

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We explored the association between excess body fat and academic performance in high school students from Santiago, Chile. In 632 16-year-olds (51% males) from low-to-middle socioeconomic status (SES), height, weight, and waist circumference were measured. Body-mass index (BMI) and BMI for age and sex were calculated. Weight status was evaluated with 2007 World Health Organization (WHO) references. Abdominal obesity was diagnosed with International Diabetes Federation (IDF) references. Total fat mass (TFM) was measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). TFM values ≥25% in males and ≥35% in females were considered high adiposity. School grades were obtained from administrative records. Analysis of covariance examined the association of fatness measures with academic performance, accounting for the effect of diet and physical activity, and controlling SES background and educational confounders. We found that: (1) having obesity, abdominal obesity, or high adiposity was associated with lower school performance alone or in combination with unhealthy dietary habits or reduced time allocation for exercise; (2) high adiposity and abdominal obesity were more clearly related with lower school grades compared to obesity; (3) the association of increased fatness with lower school grades was more salient in males compared to females.

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Associations Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Overweight With Academic Performance in 12-Year-Old Brazilian Children

Abstract: The results highlight the importance of maintaining high fitness levels in girls throughout adolescence a period commonly associated with reductions in physical activity levels and CRF.

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Health-Related Physical Fitness and Academic Performance in College Students

Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Health-Related Physical Fitness and Academic Performance in College Students

The Relationship between Physical Activity Levels, Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Academic Achievement School-Age Children from Southern Spain

Increased Adiposity as a Potential Risk Factor for Lower Academic Performance: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chilean Adolescents from Low-to-Middle Socioeconomic Background

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