There Is an Inverse Correlation between Basic Motor Skills and Overweight in Schoolchildren Aged 8 to 12

Vega-Ramírez, Lilyan; Pérez-Cañaveras, Rosa M.; Herrero, Joaquín de Juan

doi:10.3390/children8121198

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“…Previous studies reported an association between locomotor proficiency and BMI in typically developing children ( 59 ); (Ramirez, Pérez-Cañaveras Herrero, 2021); ( 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 ). However, the extensive literature evidence indicates the BMI effect in LOCS ( 65 , 66 , 61 , 64 ) or a significant but non-directional relationship (i.e., correlation) ( 62 ); ( 67 ) ( 68 ); between these variables. Few studies have investigated the effect of locomotor skills on BMI ( 59 , 69 ).…”

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Individual and environmental parameters in children with and without developmental coordination disorder: associations with physical activity and body mass index

Valentini,

Souza,

Souza

et al. 2023

Front. Pediatr.

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IntroductionPhysical Activity (PA) is a complex behavior, and the relevance of other factors such as BMI, SES and children’s behavior at school and home still lacks investigation for children, especially those at risk or with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). The objective of this study was to examine whether socioeconomic status (SES), school's spaces for children’s movement, active play, screen time, motor skill proficiency, perceived motor competence, and engagement in the physical education lessons were associated with PA and BMI in children with typical development (TD), at risk of DCD (r-DCD), and with DCD.MethodsChildren (N = 352; 4–10-year-old) from six public schools in a major urban city, in southern of Brazil, were assessed regarding motor skill proficiency (locomotor and ball skills), perceived motor competence, and weight status. PA and engagement in the lesson were assessed using pedometers and a behavior checklist of motor experience of success. Parents recorded the daily time that children spent on screen and in active play.ResultsThe hierarchical multivariate linear regressions showed that age, sex, SES, Schools with more favorable space for children’s movement, locomotor and ball skills, and successful engagement, were associated with PA for children with TD. Age, screen time, locomotor, and successful engagement were associated with BMI. For children at r-DCD, age, sex, SES, with more favorable space for children’s movement, and locomotor were associated with PA. Age, active play and screen time were associated with BMI. For children with DCD, sex, SES, Schools with more favorable space for children’s movement, screen time, and successful engagement were associated with PA. Age, sex, active play, and screen time were associated with BMI.ConclusionDifferent factors were associated with PA and BMI for children with different levels of motor impairment (r-DCD and DCD) and children with TD.

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Individual and environmental parameters in children with and without developmental coordination disorder: associations with physical activity and body mass index

Valentini,

Souza,

Souza

et al. 2023

Front. Pediatr.

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“…Lower levels of motor skills and lower physical fitness than their normal-weighted adolescents also explain the lower PA levels in overweight and obese adolescents. [ 13 , 15 , 16 , 17 ]. Psychological and motivational parameters such as a low sense of self-efficacy towards PA and decreased intrinsic PA motivation are also determinants explaining low PA levels [ 18 , 19 , 20 ].…”

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The Effectiveness of a Physical Literacy-Based Intervention for Increasing Physical Activity Levels and Improving Health Indicators in Overweight and Obese Adolescents (CAPACITES 64)

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Recently, the concept of Physical Literacy (PL) has emerged as a key concept for promoting active behavior and improving health indicators in adolescents. Overweight and obese adolescents have a low level of Physical Activity (PA), low cardiorespiratory capacity, and high Body Fat percentage (%BF). However, the development of PL in the interest of health improvement has never been studied in overweight and obese adolescents. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of an intervention developing PL in overweight and obese adolescents in order to increase their (PA) and improve their health. The study was a prospective, single-arm, non-randomized interventional study. The intervention brings together different actions in PA and dietary education in different adolescent living environments. The study took place over a 9-month period with two data collection times (0; +9 months) and measured Body Mass Index (BMI) and BMI z score, %BF and Skeletal Muscle Mass (%SMM), Moderate-to-Vigorous intensity Physical Activity (MVPA) by accelerometry, CRF, as well as PL by the CAPL-2 tool. Thirteen adolescents (age 11.7 (±1.09) years old) improved their PL scores (+8.3 (±9.3) pts; p ≤ 0.01). BMI z score (−0.3 (±0.3), p ≤ 0.01), their %BF (−3.8 (±4.9); p ≤ 0.01), their CRF (+1.5 (±1.7) mL·min·kg−1; p ≤ 0.01), and their MVPA (+4.6 (±13.7) min/day; p = 0.36). Initiating multidimensional interventions to develop PL in overweight and obese adolescents may be a promising prospect to enable an increase in their MVPA and improve their long-term health. Longer-term randomized controlled interventional studies are needed to confirm these findings.

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Biomarkers for rapid H-reflex operant conditioning among females

Johnson

Petrie

Shields

2023

Journal of Neurophysiology

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Operant conditioning of a spinal monosynaptic pathway using the Hoffman Reflex (H-reflex) is well established in animal and human studies. There is a subset within the human population (~ 20% non-responders) who are unable to up train this pathway suggesting some distinct or unique identifying characteristics. Importantly, females, who have a 9 times higher rate of injury during human performance activities than men, have been under-studied in areas of CNS neuroplasticity. Our long-term goal is to understand if innate ability to rapidly up train the H-reflex is predictive of future performance based injury among females. In this study, we determined whether healthy, young females could rapidly increase the H-reflex within a single session of operant conditioning and determined if electro-physiological, humoral, cognitive, anthropometric, or anxiety biomarkers distinguish the responders from non-responders. Eighteen females (Mean Age: 24) participated in the study. Ten females met the criteria for up training the H-reflex (responders). The responders showed lower levels of estradiol (P < 0.05) and trends for higher working memory (P = 0.06), higher maximal H-max/M-max ratio (P = 0.07), and higher basal metabolic rate (P = 0.07). A multivariate stepwise regression model supported that extracellular to intracellular water ratio (ECW/ICW) and H-max/M-max ratio explained 60% of the variation in the operant conditioning. These findings support that electro-physiological, hormonal, cognitive, and anthropometric characteristics are distinct among females capable of rapidly upregulating the H-reflex.

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There Is an Inverse Correlation between Basic Motor Skills and Overweight in Schoolchildren Aged 8 to 12

Cited by 4 publications

References 30 publications

Individual and environmental parameters in children with and without developmental coordination disorder: associations with physical activity and body mass index

Individual and environmental parameters in children with and without developmental coordination disorder: associations with physical activity and body mass index

The Effectiveness of a Physical Literacy-Based Intervention for Increasing Physical Activity Levels and Improving Health Indicators in Overweight and Obese Adolescents (CAPACITES 64)

Biomarkers for rapid H-reflex operant conditioning among females

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