Physical activity and growth, maturation and performance

Beunen, Gastón; Malina, Robert M.; Renson, Roland; Simons, J; OSTYN, MICHEL; Lefevre, Johan

doi:10.1249/00005768-199205000-00012

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“…142 Of the 7 longitudinal studies reviewed, 4 found significant inverse associations with physical activity levels measured with questionnaires or energy expenditure measured with double-labeled water testing, 18,19,143,144 but 3 did not. [145][146][147] A more-recent review (including articles published between 2000 and 2004) identified 16 new cohort studies of children (age range: 3-14 years), including 11 studies with follow-up periods of Ͼ2 years and 4 studies with Ͼ1000 children. 148 Of the 11 studies that used questionnaires to assess physical activity, 5 found no association between activity levels and measures of adiposity 9,12,149-151 but the other 6 reported that weight gain was associated inversely with activity levels and associated positively with sedentary activities.…”

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Recommendations for Prevention of Childhood Obesity

Davis¹,

et al. 2007

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The majority of US youth are of healthy weight, but the majority of US adults are overweight or obese. Therefore, a major health challenge for most American children and adolescents is obesity prevention-today, and as they age into adulthood. In this report, we review the most recent evidence regarding many behavioral and practice interventions related to childhood obesity, and we present recommendations to health care providers. Because of the importance, we also suggest approaches that clinicians can use to encourage obesity prevention among children, including specific counseling strategies and practice-based, systems-level interventions. In addition, we suggest how clinicians may interact with and promote local and state policy initiatives designed to prevent obesity in their communities.www.pediatrics.org/cgi

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Section: Physical Activity and Obesitymentioning

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“…During both pre-puberty and puberty periods there is a high variability in the degree of development of organ systems and physical/psychological characteristics of the young. Differences among child athletes of various chronological ages are in most cases clearly noticeable in most anthropometric measurements (especially body height), as well as in their motor and functional abilities (Beunen et al, 1992;Malina et al, 2000Malina et al, , 2004a. It is similar in young basketball players (Buchanan & Vardaxis, 2003).…”

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Biological Maturity Status and Motor Performance in Fourteen-Year-old Basketball Players

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SUMMARY:The aims of this study were to detect biological maturity and certain athletic skills in boys aged 14 participating in competitive basketball, and to compare certain athletic skills of participants according to their biological maturity status. The participants were most talented Serbian basketball players (n= 49) who were divided into three groups according to their maturity status: early (n= 14), average (n= 24) and late maturing (n= 11). Biological maturity status of participants was assessed by technique developed by Mirwald et al. (2002). Nine tests of basic athletic skills: vertical jump, medicine ball throwing, run at 20, 30 and 50 m, agility t-test, zigzag agility drill, agility run 4x15 m, the line drill, as well as four basketball skills field tests (speed spot shooting, passing, control dribble and defensive movement) were applied. The results of this study showed that the three groups of subjects differed in applied variables (p <0.05). Average maturers achieved the best results in almost all variables, while late maturers achieved the worst results. Early maturers achieved the best results only in one variable -medicine ball throwing. Only harmonized chronological and biological age, i.e. chronological and biological growth and development, enable the best demonstration of motor abilities based on morphological characteristics.

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“…However, when making a general comparison between the players of sports games and the general population, results show that soccer players on average are similar in height with the general population (Norton & Olds, 2001;Matkovic et al, 2003). In a number of researches it is found that physical activity does not affect body measurements, growth-velocity, bone maturation (Beunen et al, 1992;Damsgaard et al, 2001;Malina, 1994) or adult height (Malina).…”

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Anthropometrical Characteristics and Somatotype of Young Macedonian Soccer Players

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GONTAREV, S.; KALAC, R.; ZIVKOVIC, V.; AMETI, V. & REDJEPI, R.Anthropometrical characteristics and somatotype of young Macedonian soccer players. Int. J. Morphol., 34(1):160-167, 2016. SUMMARY:The success in sport performance is closely related to the physical condition of the sportsman. In the assessment of the physical status except physiological and fitness parameters, significant influence have the anthropometric parameters. The aim of the study was dual: to assess the changes in the anthropometric characteristics and the somatotype of young soccer players at different ages and to compare these characteristics with the general population. The analyzed measurements of 486 young soccer players who play in teams of the First national league, with an average age 15.8±1.4. The soccer players were divided into five subgroups, at age difference of 1 year. In the sample height, weight, BMI index, diameters, volumes and skin folds were measured, also the body composition and the somatotype were calculated. Boys from 14 years were lower and had less tendencies of other age groups. From 16 years onwards there were no differences in the measurements which means that the respondents gradually get the look of adult players. All skin folds for young Macedonian players (except the skin folds of the scapula) decrease with age and compared to the peers from normal population are lower. For young players in all age groups dominate the mesomorphic component, and lower values have the endomorphic component, in regards to peers in the general population. The obtained results can serve as normative anthropometric indicators for regular sports medical examinations of young players in our country, or can be used as a template for comparison of the anthropometric and somatotype information of young players at a similar level of different countries.

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Physical activity and growth, maturation and performance

Cited by 95 publications

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Recommendations for Prevention of Childhood Obesity

Recommendations for Prevention of Childhood Obesity

Biological Maturity Status and Motor Performance in Fourteen-Year-old Basketball Players

Anthropometrical Characteristics and Somatotype of Young Macedonian Soccer Players

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