Trends in Physical Fitness and Nutritional Status among School-Aged Children and Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Shaanxi, China—A Cross-Sectional Study

Lu, Zijun; Mao, Chuangui; Tan, Yuanyuan; Zhang, Xingyue; Li, Zheng’ao; Zhang, Ling; Zhu, Wenfei; Sun, Yuliang

doi:10.3390/nu14153016

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“…Third, because of the impact of COVID-19, students devoted more time to taking courses online, which resulted in increased access to digital media devices and decreased physical activity time. 68 , 69 The extrapolation of our results is limited and future studies should further track observations in a broader population. Finally, although our study has controlled for several confounding factors, there are still some confounders which are difficult to measure (eg, physical and chemical environment, immunization) that may interfere with the results, and future studies should set up better-designed protocols.…”

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confidence: 82%

Smartphone Use and Inflammation at 2-Year Follow-Up in College Students: The Mediating Role of Physical Activity

Li¹,

Li²,

Xie³

et al. 2023

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Purpose Smartphone use could lead to being physically inactive and a greater risk for health problems, such as inflammation. However, the associations between smartphone use, physical activity (PA), and systemic low-grade inflammation remained unclear. This study aimed to examine the potential mediating effect of PA on the association between smartphone use and inflammation. Patients and Methods A two-year follow-up study was conducted between April 2019 and April 2021. Duration of smartphone use, smartphone dependence and PA were assessed by a self-administered questionnaire. Laboratory analysis of blood samples was performed to evaluate the levels of TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β, and CRP as biomarkers of systemic inflammation. The correlations between smartphone use, PA, and inflammation were analyzed using Pearson correlation. Structural equation modelling was used to analyze the potential mediating effect of PA on the associations between smartphone use and inflammation. Results A total of 210 participants were included with a mean (standard deviation) age of 18.7 (1.0) years, 82 (39%) of whom were males. Smartphone dependence was negatively associated with the total PA level (r=−0.18, P <0.01). PA mediated the associations between the duration of smartphone use and smartphone dependence with inflammatory markers. Specifically, as PA decreased, the duration of smartphone use was more negatively associated with TNF-α (ab=−0.027; 95% CI: −0.052, −0.007) and more positively correlated to IL-6 (ab=0.020; 95% CI: 0.001, 0.046) and CRP (ab=0.038; 95% CI: 0.004, 0.086); smartphone dependency was more negatively associated with TNF-α (ab=−0.139; 95% CI: −0.288, −0.017) and more positively related to CRP (ab=0.206; 95% CI: 0.020, 0.421). Conclusion Our study illustrates that there are no direct associations between smartphone use and systemic low-grade inflammation, however, PA level plays a weak but significant mediating effect on the associations between smartphone use and inflammation among college students.

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Smartphone Use and Inflammation at 2-Year Follow-Up in College Students: The Mediating Role of Physical Activity

Li¹,

Li²,

Xie³

et al. 2023

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“…Our results are in agreement with previous studies performed in Chinese children and adolescents (aged 6-22 years). The authors showed that the performance of muscular strength (sit-ups and pull ups), flexibility (sit and reach) and vital capacity increased while middle-distance race decreased during the pandemic (42,43).However, contrary results have been found in adolescent population across many countries (44,45), where greater reductions were observed in most physical fitness. These contradictory results could be partly influenced by the differences in evaluating physical ability across different countries, and inconsistent participant age stages in previous studies were another determinant.…”

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Regional differences of physical fitness and overweight and obesity prevalence among college students before and after COVID-19 pandemic since the “double first-class” initiative in China

Jiang,

Huang,

Wang

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionPhysical fitness has been widely recognized as a powerful marker of health in children and adolescents, and it negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The construction of world-class universities and first-class disciplines, known as the “Double First-Class” Initiative (DFC), is a major commitment made by the Chinese government to adapt to changes in the educational environment, both domestically and internationally, in order to promote the development and practice of international higher education. The aim of the study was to look deep into the regional differences of physical fitness and overweight and obesity prevalence among college students before and after the COVID-19 pandemic since the DFC.MethodsThe original physical fitness parameters of students from 10 DFC universities and colleges in Central South China were downloaded from the official website of Chinese National Student Physical Fitness Database (CNSPFD) and then divided into 3 groups based on the pandemic periods: pre-pandemic (2019), the first year after pandemic outbreak (2020), and the second year after pandemic outbreak (2021). All the data were stored in Excel 2010, analyzed by SPSS 17.0, and plotted with ArcGIS 10.4.ResultsThe total “fail” percentage (from 9.19% in 2019 to 12.94% in 2021) and the prevalence of overweight and obesity in boys (from 22.53 to 29.25% in 2021) exhibited a continuous increase year by year, and among all the physical fitness indicators the score of strength in boys and endurance quality in all individuals were the lowest in overweight and obesity groups. Students with ‘fail’ rate developed from northern and northeastern province to southern areas from 2019 to 2021. For grade 2019th, overweight and obesity students who also failed the test had covered nationwide and the most affected areas including northeast, east, as well as central north in senior year. The distribution of overall fitness assessments in Hubei province was in accordance with the national data, and the overall scoring growths in both class of 2021st and 2022nd were measured with a negative increase (p < 0.01).ConclusionThe government and related functional departments should take into consideration the student regional sources, especially in western and northeast regions of China, and school polices and physical education (PE) teachers should pay more attention to put training efforts on endurance for all adolescents and strength for boys and the group of overweight and obesity who also failed in the standard test, when designing specific interventions to promote physical health and counteract the negative effects of COVID-19 pandemic in college students.

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“…Meanwhile (Rasmin et al, 2023) emphasize the need to explore the relationship between nutritional status, physical activity, type of work, and smoking activity with fitness levels. Citation (Lu et al, 2022) explores trends in physical fitness and nutritional status among school-aged children. the relationship between nutritional deficits and physical performance in the elderly has been explored and revealed mixed findings in the literature (Lu et al, 2021).…”

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Effectiveness of fitness and nutritional status on learning outcomes in students penjas fkip islamic university of riau

Zulrafli,

Fernando,

Candra

2024

JOPE

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginvestigasi hubungan antara kebugaran fisik dan status gizi dengan hasil belajar mahasiswa pendidikan jasmani FKIP Universitas Islam Riau. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah studi deskriptif kuantitatif. Populasi sampel yakni kelas 5A dan 5B mahasiswa pendidikan jasmani (penjas) FKIP Universitas Islam Riau. Teknik penarikan sampel purposive sampling. Tes pengukuran kebugaran fisik menggunakan Cooper tes 2,4 km dan tes status gizi digunakan melalui tinggi badan, berat badan dan di cari indek masa tubuh sedangkan prestasi belajar melalui indek prestasi komulatif. Teknik analisis data menggunakan teknik analisis berganda dengan menggunakan SPSS 22. Hasil penelitian terdapat efektifitas kebugaran fisik dan status gizi terhadap prestasi belajar mahasiswa sebesar 24.10%. Penemuan ini memiliki implikasi penting dalam konteks pendidikan, khususnya dalam program studi pendidikan jasmani. Mendorong mahasiswa untuk menjaga kebugaran fisik dan status gizi yang optimal dapat meningkatkan hasil belajar. Oleh karena itu, disarankan agar institusi pendidikan mempertimbangkan integrasi program kebugaran fisik dan pendidikan gizi dalam kurikulum untuk meningkatkan prestasi akademik mahasiswa. Kata kunci: kebugaran jasmani; status gizi, prestasi belajar

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Trends in Physical Fitness and Nutritional Status among School-Aged Children and Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Shaanxi, China—A Cross-Sectional Study

Cited by 7 publications

References 37 publications

Smartphone Use and Inflammation at 2-Year Follow-Up in College Students: The Mediating Role of Physical Activity

Smartphone Use and Inflammation at 2-Year Follow-Up in College Students: The Mediating Role of Physical Activity

Regional differences of physical fitness and overweight and obesity prevalence among college students before and after COVID-19 pandemic since the “double first-class” initiative in China

Effectiveness of fitness and nutritional status on learning outcomes in students penjas fkip islamic university of riau

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