Overweight and aerobic fitness in children in the United States/Mexico border region

Coleman, Karen J.; Heath, Edward M.; Alcalá, Imelda

doi:10.1590/s1020-49892004000400007

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“…These findings correlate favourably with that of Paludo et al (2012), Ramos Sepulveda et al (2016), Pelicier et al (2016 and further support the idea of gender aspect in the VO2max prediction equations from the 9-MRT. We found much higher values for distance with respect to those reported by Coleman et al (2004), Bergmann et al (2005), Pelegrini et al (2011) and Bergmann et al (2015). The heterogeneity of the samples has been argued by some authors to strongly influence the distance covered during the 09-MRT (Ramos-Sepulveda et al, 2016).…”

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Physical and cardiorespiratory profiles of urban schoolchildren aged 10-14 years in Douala, Cameroon

Assomo¹,

Temfemo²,

Ndongo³

et al. 2020

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Little information is known concerning the no-self-reported measures of physical activity among African schoolchildren despite alarming prevalence of the cardiometabolic risk factors such as overweight and obesity. This study aims to evaluate some physical and cardiorespiratory profiles among schoolchildren from two government high schools (S1, S2) in Douala, Cameroon. One hundred and seventy-six (176) schoolchildren (114 boys and 62 girls) aged 10-14 years underwent a 9 minutes run test. At the end of the test, distance covered (D), peak and recovery heart rates (Peak HR, HRR) were determined. Prior to testing session, anthropometric data (i.e. height and weight) were taken using a standard protocol and the body max index (BMI) was also calculated. The rating of perceived exertion (RPE) was estimated at the end of the test. Most of schoolchildren (97%) have normal weight. But D (m) was higher compared to some of those observed in Caucasians. D for girls was significantly (p<0.0001) lower than that of the boys. No significant (p>0.05) variation was found in BMI, Peak HR and HRR among the schoolchildren. However, significant (p<0.05) variation was detected in D for girls in S2 on a reduced track (278m) as compared to that of D for girls in S1 on a larger track (400m). Negative correlation was found between D and RPE (r = -0.220, p=0.003). These results present some differences on body composition, physical and cardiorespiratory profiles among Cameroonian schoolchildren in accordance with gender and space perception.

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Physical and cardiorespiratory profiles of urban schoolchildren aged 10-14 years in Douala, Cameroon

Assomo¹,

Temfemo²,

Ndongo³

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“…Colleman 22 , em estudo longitudinal conduzido em duas cidades localizadas em região de fronteiras (El Paso, Texas, Estados Unidos e Chihuahua, México), em 2001, investigou a prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade em escolares de ambas as cidades, matriculados na 3 a e 4 a séries de escolas primárias. O autor identificou que em El Paso a prevalência de obesidade em meninos elevou-se de 22% para 28%, e a de sobrepeso de 37% para 44%, da 3 a para 4 a série.…”

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Prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade e fatores associados em escolares de área urbana de Chilpancingo, Guerrero, México, 2004

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“…It has positively been related, among others, with benefits to cardiovascular, total and abdominal adiposity, skeletal health, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and higher academic performance (19,30). However, many children and adolescents are only exposed to vigorous physical activity during schoolbased physical education classes (9). That way, schools seem to provide an excellent setting to enhance physical activity and physical fitness levels.…”

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Physical Fitness Differences Between Prepubescent Boys and Girls

Marta¹,

Marinho²,

Barbosa³

et al. 2012

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

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The purpose of this study was to analyze in which physical capabilities boys and girls are closer or distant. An additional objective was to find which of the body fat, physical activity, and somatotype factors have a greater effect on prepubescent children's physical fitness. This was a cross-sectional study involving 312 children (10.8 ± 0.4 years). The physical fitness assessment employed sets of aerobic fitness, strength, flexibility, speed, agility, and balance. The boys presented higher values in all selected tests, except tests of balance and flexibility, in which girls scored better. Gender differences in the physical fitness were greatest in the explosive strength of upper (p ≤ 0.01, η(p)(2) = 0.09) and lower limbs (p ≤ 0.01, η(p)(2) = 0.08), although with a medium-size effect of gender, and smaller in the abdominal (p > 0.05, η(p)(2) = 0.007) and upper limbs (p > 0.05, η(p)(2) = 0.003) muscular endurance, and trunk extensor strength and flexibility (p > 0.05, η(p)(2) = 0.001). The endomorphic (p ≤ 0.01, η(p)(2) = 0.26) in the girls, and the ectomorphic (p ≤ 0.01, η(p)(2) = 0.31) and mesomorphic (p ≤ 0.01, η(p)(2) = 0.26) in the boys, had the high-sized effect on the physical fitness. The physical activity in the girls, and the endomorphic and body fat in the boys, did not have a significant effect. These findings can help in the planning of activities that take into account the success and motivation of both boys and girls and thus increase levels of physical activity and physical fitness at school. However, in prepubescent children, one cannot neglect the influence of genetic determinism, observed from the morphoconstitutional point of view.

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Overweight and aerobic fitness in children in the United States/Mexico border region

Cited by 11 publications

References 51 publications

Physical and cardiorespiratory profiles of urban schoolchildren aged 10-14 years in Douala, Cameroon

Physical and cardiorespiratory profiles of urban schoolchildren aged 10-14 years in Douala, Cameroon

Prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade e fatores associados em escolares de área urbana de Chilpancingo, Guerrero, México, 2004

Physical Fitness Differences Between Prepubescent Boys and Girls

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