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Health-related physical fitness is associated with selected sociodemographic and behavioral factors in brazilian school children

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dc.contributor.authorGuedes, Dartagnam Pinto
dc.contributor.authorNeto, Jaime Tolentino Miranda
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Vitor P.
dc.contributor.authorSilva, A.J.
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-25T10:12:51Z
dc.date.available2012-05-25T10:12:51Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the association between sociodemographic and behavioral factors and health standards based on physical fitness component scores in a sample of Brazilian schoolchildren. Methods: A sample of 1457 girls and 1392 boys aged 6 to 18 years performed a test battery of 5 items: 1) sit-and-reach, 2) curl-up, 3) trunk-lift, 4) push-up, and 5) progressive endurance run (PACER). The cut-off scores for gender and age suggested by the FitnessGram were adopted. Results: The findings showed that the sociodemographic and behavioral factors significantly associated with the ability of schoolchildren of meeting the health standards varied according to the fitness test. In the 5 tests used girls presented lower chance of meeting the health standards. Age and socioeconomic class were negatively associated with the performance in all physical tests. Schoolchildren aged ≤ 9 years or from families of lowest socioeconomic class presented approximately twice the chance of meeting the health standards than those aged ≥ 15 years and from more privileged families, specifically in the push-up (OR = 2.40; 95% CI 2.01–2.82) and PACER (OR = 2.18; 95% CI 1.84–2.54) tests. Conclusions: Interventions to promote health-related physical fitness should not only consider gender and age of schoolchildren, but also selected sociodemographic and behavioral factors, especially socioeconomic class and leisure activities.por
dc.identifier.citationGuedes, D.P.; Neto, J.M.; Lopes, Vítor P.; Silva, A.J.S. (2012). Health-related physical fitness is associated with selected sociodemographic and behavioral factors in brazilian school children. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. ISSN 1543-5474. 9:4, p. 473-480por
dc.identifier.doi10.1123/jpah.9.4.473
dc.identifier.issn1543-5474
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/6985
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherHuman Kineticspor
dc.relation.ispartofseries9;4
dc.subjectCriterion-referenced standardspor
dc.subjectFitnessgrampor
dc.subjectFitness surveillancepor
dc.subjectAdolescentspor
dc.titleHealth-related physical fitness is associated with selected sociodemographic and behavioral factors in brazilian school childrenpor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage480por
oaire.citation.startPage473por
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Physical Activity and Healthpor
person.familyNameLopes
person.givenNameVitor P.
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person.identifier.scopus-author-id17435197500
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