Agreement and Diagnostic Performance of FITNESSGRAM®, International Obesity Task Force, and Hungarian National BMI Standards

Laurson, Kelly R.; Welk, Gregory J.; Marton, Orsolya; Kaj, Mónika; Csányi, Tamás

doi:10.1080/02701367.2015.1042786

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“…The higher blood pressure values obtained in the NI groups for BMI in the present study corroborate the information that suggests that youth in the NI-SR or NI-HR groups were more likely to have poor metabolic profile (metabolic syndrome) than those in the normal-weight or HFZ groups [8,27]. In the studies by Laurson et al [8,27], other cardiovascular risk factors were analysed in addition to blood pressure. Although FitnessGram cR standards were developed by using metabolic syndrome as outcome, the analysis of high blood pressure is relevant as high blood pressure is indicated as the leading risk factor for death globally [9].…”

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Comparison of blood pressure across body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness zones determined in accordance with FITNESSGRAM® criterion-referenced standards

Arruda¹,

Coledam²,

Greca³

et al. 2020

Hum Mov.

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Purpose. To compare systolic and diastolic blood pressures using the FitnessGram criterion-referenced standards for body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness in Brazilian young people. Methods. The study had a cross-sectional design. With institutional approval, a sample of 874 students aged 13-18 years enrolled in public schools in a medium size town in Southern Brazil took part in this study. Body mass index was calculated to represent the subjects' body composition. The progressive aerobic cardiovascular endurance run (PAcER) test was applied to estimate aerobic capacity. The participants were classified by using the FitnessGram criterion-referenced standards. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures were assessed with the oscillometric method. Results. Multivariate analyses of covariance indicated that the blood pressure of boys (Wilks' lambda = 0.97, F (6, 834) = 2.48, p < 0.05, ES = 0.02) and girls (Wilks' lambda = 0.94, F (6, 886) = 4.89, p < 0.01, ES = 0.03) differed between fitness zones for body composition. The analyses showed that blood pressure also varied across cardiorespiratory fitness zones for girls (Wilks' lambda = 0.98, F (4, 886) = 2.69, p < 0.05, ES = 0.01) but not for boys. Conclusions. Reaching the health fitness zone of the criterion-referenced standards for body composition seems to be associated with lower blood pressure in boys and girls. cardiorespiratory fitness had a similar effect solely in girls.

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Comparison of blood pressure across body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness zones determined in accordance with FITNESSGRAM® criterion-referenced standards

Arruda¹,

Coledam²,

Greca³

et al. 2020

Hum Mov.

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“…The physical outcome measures (the remaining secondary outcome measures) were performed before and after training, and include elements from the FitnessGram [52][53][54][55][56][57][58] Finally, we administered a measure of basic response time to ensure that any differences we see are not due to differences in motoric quickness. Thus, this task acts as a control measure, where we would expect no changes in performance, compared to other outcomes where we hypothesize there will be significant improvements over time.…”

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Enhancing attention in children using an integrated cognitive-physical videogame: A pilot study

Anguera

Rowe²,

Volponi

et al. 2023

npj Digit. Med.

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Inattention can negatively impact several aspects of a child’s life, including at home and school. Cognitive and physical interventions are two promising non-pharmaceutical approaches used to enhance attention abilities, with combined approaches often being marketed to teachers, therapists, and parents typically without research validation. Here, we assessed the feasibility of incorporating an integrated, cognitive-physical, closed-loop video game (body-brain trainer or ‘BBT’) as an after-school program, and also evaluated if there were attention benefits following its use. Twenty-two children (7–12 years of age) with a range of attention abilities were recruited to participate in this proof of concept, single-arm, longitudinal study (24 sessions over 8 weeks, ~30 min/day). We interrogated attention abilities through a parent survey of their child’s behaviors, in addition to objective performance-based and neural measures of attention. Here we observed 95% compliance as well as, significant improvements on the parent-based reports of inattention and on cognitive tests and neural measures of attention that were comparable in scale to previous work. Exploratory measures of other cognitive control abilities and physical fitness also showed similar improvement, with exploratory evaluation of retained benefits on the primary attention-related outcomes being present 1-year later. Lastly, there was no correlation between the baseline parent-rated inattention score and the improvement on the primary task-based measures of attention, suggesting that intervention-based benefits were not solely attained by those who stood the most to gain. These pilot findings warrant future research to replicate and extend these findings.

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The Intersections of Science and Practice: Examples From FitnessGram® Programming

Welk

2017

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

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The FitnessGram® program has provided teachers with practical tools to enhance physical education programming. A key to the success of the program has been the systematic application of science to practice. Strong research methods have been used to develop assessments and standards for use in physical education, but consideration has also been given to ensure that programming meets the needs of teachers, students, parents, and other stakeholders. This essay summarizes some of these complex and nuanced intersections between science and practice with the FitnessGram® program. The commentaries are organized into 5 brief themes: science informing practice; practice informing science; balancing science and practice; promoting evidence-based practice; and the integration of science and practice. The article draws on personal experiences with the FitnessGram® program and is prepared based on comments shared during the 37th Annual C. H. McCloy Research Lecture at the 2017 SHAPE America - Society of Health and Physical Educators Convention.

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Agreement and Diagnostic Performance of FITNESSGRAM®, International Obesity Task Force, and Hungarian National BMI Standards

Abstract: All 3 standards provide similar information about weight status and metabolic syndrome classification. To more easily facilitate international comparisons, it may be of greater benefit to use the IOTF standards, which also had better agreement with the U.S. Fitnessgram thresholds.

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Comparison of blood pressure across body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness zones determined in accordance with FITNESSGRAM® criterion-referenced standards

Comparison of blood pressure across body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness zones determined in accordance with FITNESSGRAM® criterion-referenced standards

Enhancing attention in children using an integrated cognitive-physical videogame: A pilot study

The Intersections of Science and Practice: Examples From FitnessGram® Programming

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