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Correlation between aerobic fitness and body composition in middle school students

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Author	Minasian, Vazgen Marandi, SayedMohammad Kelishadi, Roya Abolhassani, Hossein
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Background: Since correlations have been found between body composition and physical activity in different parts of the world, inactivity and poor physical condition likely contributes main factors in childhood obesity. This study was implemented to determine the relationship between cardiovascular fitness and body-composition in a group of Iranian middle school students. Methods: In this descriptive study, subjects comprised of 12,946 students (10,531 girls and 2,415 boys aged 11-13 years) in the city of Isfahan. Height, weight, body-fat percent, body mass index, and cardiovascular fitness of the aforesaid students were measured by valid tests. Results: This study showed that fat percentage and aerobic fitness (VO 2 max) of girls were 24.73%, and 29.5 (ml/kg/min) and boys19.32% and 36.4 (ml/kg/min) respectively. Results also revealed that there was a negative significant correlation between fat percent and aerobic fitness of boys (r = −0.81), and girls (r = −0.77) respectively. Conclusions: To conclude, this study signifies that fat percentage augmentation leads to a decrease in aerobic fitness of children. Thus, fat percentage can be associated with different chronic diseases such as cardiovascular ones
Related Links	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4476005/pdf
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ISSN	20087802
DOI	10.4103/2008-7802.157666
Journal	International Journal of Preventive Medicine
Issue Number	14
Volume Number	5
Language	English
Publisher	Medknow
Publisher Date	2014-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Classics Body Composition Isfahan Aerobic Fitness Obesity Students International Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 5, Issue 14
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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