Lifestyle, Body Composition, and Physical Fitness Changes in Hungarian School Boys (1975–2005)

Photiou, A.; Anning, J. H.; Meszaros, J. Gary; Vajda, I; Sziva, Ágnes; Prókai, Ágnes; Ng, N.

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“…Bakonyi [2] found that the somatic development and the motor performances in school-aged children in the 1980s had significantly decreased from 1960. Later, Photiou et al [31] and Mészáros et al [23] reported similar trends.…”

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“…School-aged children's spend less time performing vigorous and moderate physical activity, and spend twice as much time with watching TV, as they did 30 years ago [31]. The development of motor skills requires regular and well-planned daily physical activity, which has to be suitable in terms of its tasks, volume and intensity.…”

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“…Besides these unfavourable anthropometric changes, the physical fitness and physical performance levels of young people have also been decreasing [8,31,39,40], which is mostly due to modifications in the standard of living, lifestyle changes in our societies and also a lack of physical activity (PA) [17,21,30,38,43]. The most influential factor in these changes is believed to be the social and contextual environment, foremost including the child's family, friends and school [4].…”

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Body composition and the level of fitness in 10 to 14-year-old girls in western Hungary: the impact of the new PE curriculum

Szakály

Ihász

Konczos

et al. 2016

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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SummaryStudy aim: Over the last two decades, the body fat mass has been increasing and the level of physical fitness has been decreasing in school-aged children. Due to the health-related concerns that have arisen regarding school-aged children, the Hungarian government introduced everyday physical education in 2012. Since girls are more disposed to higher body fat and low fitness levels, the aim of our study was to characterise the physique, body composition and aerobic capacity of 10 to 14-year-old girls three years after the introduction of the new curriculum with daily PE lessons. Material and methods: All of the primary schools that were selected to participate in this study serve as partnership schools in the University of West Hungary's teacher training programme (N = 8). The sample included only those upper primary school girls (10 to 14 years of age) who participated in the everyday physical education lesson (N = 543). Standard anthropometric techniques and a 20m shuttle run test were selected for the analysis. Results: An important result of this study was the finding that differences in the body composition features were consistently significant among the age groups. However, there were no differences among the age groups in the results of the 20 m multistage fitness test, nor in the girls' relative aerobic capacity. Conclusions: It can be presumed that an unfavourable body composition and poor fitness occur primarily in the prepuberty years. Everyday physical education serves as a good opportunity for shaping the girls' fitness level and body composition, and also for encouraging healthy active living.

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Body composition and the level of fitness in 10 to 14-year-old girls in western Hungary: the impact of the new PE curriculum

Szakály

Ihász

Konczos

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“…11,12 In addition, a study in school children showed that the decrease in habitual PA between 1975 and 2005 was accompanied by a decrease in aerobic fitness. 13 Similarly, high levels of PA in school children were associated with a better aerobic fitness 4 years later. 14 However, there is a lack of longitudinal data looking at the influence of PA on aerobic fitness, particularly in preschool children.…”

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Relationship of physical activity with motor skills, aerobic fitness and body fat in preschool children: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study (Ballabeina)

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Background: Adiposity, low aerobic fitness and low levels of activity are all associated with clustered cardiovascular disease risk in children and their high prevalence represents a major public health concern. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship of objectively measured physical activity (PA) with motor skills (agility and balance), aerobic fitness and %body fat in young children. Design: This study is a cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses using mixed linear models. Longitudinal data were adjusted for baseline outcome parameters. Subjects: In all, 217 healthy preschool children (age 4-6 years, 48% boys) participated in this study. Measurements: PA (accelerometers), agility (obstacle course), dynamic balance (balance beam), aerobic fitness (20-m shuttle run) and %body fat (bioelectric impedance) at baseline and 9 months later. Results: PA was positively associated with both motor skills and aerobic fitness at baseline as well as with their longitudinal changes. Specifically, only vigorous, but not total or moderate PA, was related to changes in aerobic fitness. Higher PA was associated with less %body fat at baseline, but not with its change. Conversely, baseline motor skills, aerobic fitness or %body fat were not related to changes in PA. Conclusion: In young children, baseline PA was associated with improvements in motor skills and in aerobic fitness, an important determinant of cardiovascular risk.

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“…However, research carried out in Lithuania examined secular changes in aerobic fitness in schoolchildren over a decade (1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002) and reported that anthropometric variables (body mass, height and BMI) had no significant effect on aerobic fitness changes 19 . Thus, another factor related to changes in physical fitness tests are changes in lifestyle, especially the reduction of physical activity levels and increased sedentary behavior, which causes a reduction in aerobic fitness levels and increased overweight and obesity rates 20 . *Compared to 6 years; †compared to 7 years; ‡compared to 8 years; §compared to the Northeastern region; ‖compared to the Midwestern region; ¶compared to the Southeastern region; **compared to the Southern region; † †compared to overweight and obesity.…”

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Secular Changes in Aerobic Fitness Levels in Brazilian Children

Silva

Petroski

Gaya

2017

Rev Bras Med Esporte

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Introduction: Aerobic fitness is a component of physical fitness related to health and has great importance in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Objective: To verify the secular changes in aerobic fitness levels and to identify factors over a decade related to low levels of aerobic fitness in Brazilian children. Methods: This secular change study was carried out from 1999 to 2010 with 11,083 children aged from six to nine years, of both sexes, living in all regions of Brazil. The aerobic fitness was assessed by the 9-minute run test. The independent variables were sex, age, geographic region, area of residence, and nutritional status. The "t" test was used for independent samples and analysis of variance, chi-square test, and Poisson regression were used to estimate prevalence ratio (PR) and confidence intervals of 95% (CI 95%). Results: No significant changes in the distance covered in the 9-minute run test and in the prevalence of low levels of aerobic fitness were observed from 1999 to 2010. The population subgroups most likely to have low aerobic fitness levels were students aged seven years, those in the Midwestern, Southeast, and South of Brazil, those living in rural areas and those with overweight and obesity. Conclusions: Over a decade, low levels of aerobic fitness were present in four fifths of Brazilian children and this picture did not change. Low levels of aerobic fitness affected more children above six years old, living in the economically most favored regions of Brazil, in rural areas and with overweight.Keywords: physical endurance; physical fitness; exercise; health inequalities. RESUMO Introdução: A aptidão aeróbica é um componente da aptidão física relacionado com a saúde e tem grande importância na prevenção de doenças cardiovasculares. Objetivo: Verificar as mudanças seculares nos níveis de aptidão aeróbica e identificar os fatores ao longo de uma década relacionados com os baixos níveis de aptidão ae SECULAR CHANGES IN AEROBIC FITNESS LEVELS IN BRAZILIAN CHILDREN MUDANÇAS SECULARES EM NÍVEIS DE APTIDÃO AERÓBICA EM CRIANÇAS BRASILEIRAS CAMBIOS SECULARES EN NIVELES DE APTITUD AERÓBICA EN NIÑOS BRASILEÑOS

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Lifestyle, Body Composition, and Physical Fitness Changes in Hungarian School Boys (1975–2005)

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Body composition and the level of fitness in 10 to 14-year-old girls in western Hungary: the impact of the new PE curriculum

Body composition and the level of fitness in 10 to 14-year-old girls in western Hungary: the impact of the new PE curriculum

Relationship of physical activity with motor skills, aerobic fitness and body fat in preschool children: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study (Ballabeina)

Secular Changes in Aerobic Fitness Levels in Brazilian Children

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