Developmental pathways of change in fitness and motor competence are related to overweight and obesity status at the end of primary school

Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Stodden, David F.; Lopes, Vitor P.

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Developmental pathways of change in fitness and motor competence are related to overweight and obesity status at the end of primary school

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dc.contributor.author	Rodrigues, Luis Paulo
dc.contributor.author	Stodden, David F.
dc.contributor.author	Lopes, Vitor P.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-01-07T15:02:40Z
dc.date.available	2016-01-07T15:02:40Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.date.updated	2015-02-24T09:31:45Z
dc.description.abstract	To test how different developmental pathways of health-related physical fitness and motorcompetence tests relate to weight status (overweight and obesity) at the end of primary school.Design: Longitudinal study on growth, health-related physical fitness, and motor competence of 472primary school children assessed yearly throughout 1st to 4th grade, with an average age of 6.3 ± 0.7years of age at 1st grade.Methods: Children’s pathways of change on each of the fitness and motor competence tests were deter-mined along the four years of the study. Participants were divided into three groups according to their rateof change in each test over time: Low Rate of Change, Average Rate of Change, and High Rate of Change.A logistic regression was used to predict the odds ratio of becoming overweight or obese, depending onthe developmental pathway of change in fitness and motor competence across childhood.Results: Children with a low or average rate of change in their developmental pathways of fitness andmotor competence were several times more prone to become overweight or obese at the end of pri-mary school (OR 2.0 to 6.3), independent of sex and body mass index at baseline. Specifically, a negativedevelopmental pathway (Low Rate of Change) in cardiorespiratory fitness demonstrated over a six-foldelevated risk of being overweight or obese, compared to peers with a positive pathway.Conclusions: Not all children improve their motor competence and fitness levels over time and manyactually regress over time. Developing positive fitness and motor competence pathways during childhoodprotects from obesity and overweight	pt_PT
dc.identifier.citation	Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Stodden, David F.; Lopes, Vítor P. (2015). Developmental pathways of change in fitness and motor competence are related to overweight and obesity status at the end of primary school. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. ISSN 1440-2440. 19:1, p. 87-92	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jsams.2015.01.002	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	1440-2440
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10198/12561
dc.language.iso	por	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Elsevier	pt_PT
dc.relation.ispartofseries	1;
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Physical fitness	pt_PT
dc.subject	Motor competence	pt_PT
dc.subject	Body mass index	pt_PT
dc.subject	Development	pt_PT
dc.subject	Child	pt_PT
dc.subject	Longitudinal studies	pt_PT
dc.title	Developmental pathways of change in fitness and motor competence are related to overweight and obesity status at the end of primary school	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.endPage	92	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	87	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	19	pt_PT
person.familyName	Lopes
person.givenName	Vitor P.
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