Influence Of The Parent-teacher On The Cardiovascular Health And Body Composition Of Homeschooling Children

Wachob, David A.; Alman, Robert E.

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“…An additional 8 articles were excluded after full-text review resulting in a final list of 10 articles. 8,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] A flow diagram showing search methods can be seen in Figure 1. Information from each of the 10 included articles including author/year, purpose, sample characteristics, research design, outcome measure, and key results with significance levels was extracted by the research team.…”

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“…In all, 7 articles examined the cardiovascular endurance of American homeschool children and adolescents. 8,20,22,23,[25][26][27] Sample sizes ranged from 9 to 211 homeschool students aged 5-to 17-years-old. Four of the 7 utilized a public school comparison group.…”

Section: Cardiovascular Endurancementioning

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“…28 Three descriptive studies examined the cardiovascular endurance of homeschool students without a public school comparison group. 8,23,26 Among these, 67-100% of tested students were classified as having healthy levels of aerobic capacity. Among the 4 studies with a public school comparison group, 20,22,25,27 2 reported no significant differences between homeschool and public school students.…”

Section: Cardiovascular Endurancementioning

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“…Seven studies examined the body composition of homeschool students. 8,19,[21][22][23][24]26 Sample sizes ranged from 30 to 211 homeschool youth aged 5-to 17-yearsold. Three studies utilized a public school comparison group.…”

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“…19,22,24 Of the 3, 2 directly collected body composition data on the public school students. 19,24 Outcome measures varied among studies but included body mass index (BMI) (5 studies), 8,[21][22][23]26 percent body fat by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) (3 studies), 21,23,26 waist circumference (1 study), 21 and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) (2 studies). 19,24 Among the various methods, DXA is often considered the accepted reference standard with BIA serving as an acceptable substitute.…”

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Health‐Related Physical Fitness and Activity in Homeschool: A Systematic Review With Implications for Return to Public School

Kabiri

Gattu

Ray³

et al. 2021

Journal of School Health

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BACKGROUND:The purpose of this systematic review is to summarize what is known about health-related physical fitness (cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition) and physical activity among homeschool youth. Findings from this study have implications for all American youth as they return to public school from mandated schooling at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.METHODS: Database engines identified over 22,000 articles with 82 abstracts screened for further review. Of these, 18 full-text articles were additionally screened with 10 cross-sectional articles included in the final review. Articles were condensed into a standard review template and findings were summarized by topic. RESULTS:Cardiovascular endurance findings were inconsistent. Abdominal, but not upper body, muscular strength and endurance were significantly lower in homeschool students. There were no reports on flexibility. Body composition was generally healthy in homeschool students and no differences in physical activity were seen. CONCLUSIONS:Research on health-related physical fitness in homeschool youth is limited and descriptive. Further testing and potential remediation may be needed for cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility in homeschool youth and their public school counterparts as they return to campus. However, existing literature supports healthy body composition and physical activity in this population.

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