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Passing rates on physical fitness. Effects of age, gender, physical activity, overweight and obesity. doi: 10.5007/1980-0037.2010v12n5p309

2010; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA; Volume: 12; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

1980-0037

Daniel Santos, Raquel Nichele de Chaves, Michele Souza, André Seabra, Rui Garganta, José Maia,

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

The main objective of this study was to analyze the influence of gender, age, physical activity (PA) and overweight/obesity on health-related physical fitness (HRPF) passing rates. A sample of 581 boys and 529 girls, aged 6 to 10 years and enrolled in first cycle primary schools in Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal, was studied. Weight and height were measured and BMI was calculated. The FITNESSGRAM test battery was applied. The cut-off values of Cole et al. (2000) for overweight and obesity were used. PA levels were estimated using the questionnaire of Godin and Shephard. A high prevalence of overweight and obesity was found. No positive association was observed between PA and HRPF. Age does not seem to have an impact on HRPF passing rates.