Secular trends in physical fitness of <scp>M</scp>ozambican school‐aged children and adolescents

Santos, Fernanda Karina dos; Prista, António; Gomes, Thayse Natacha; Daca, Timóteo; Madeira, Aspacia; Katzmarzyk, Peter T.; Maia, José

doi:10.1002/ajhb.22638

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“…This highlights the need for low-income and middle-income countries to collect CRF data to track trends in population fitness levels in order to help inform policies to prevent declines like those seen in high-income countries in the 1980s and 1990s. Evidence from one low-income country at least indicated that CRF56 has declined substantially over the past two decades. Lang et al recently suggested establishing an international 20mSRT data repository to help monitor CRF 22.…”

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Temporal trends in the cardiorespiratory fitness of children and adolescents representing 19 high-income and upper middle-income countries between 1981 and 2014

2017

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There has been a substantial decline in CRF since 1981, which is suggestive of a meaningful decline in population health. However, the international trend in CRF has not followed the anticipated trajectory, diminishing and stabilising with negligible change since 2000. CRF data are needed from children in low-income and middle-income countries to more confidently determine true international trends and determine whether temporal trends are similar to those observed in high-income and upper middle-income countries.

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Temporal trends in the cardiorespiratory fitness of children and adolescents representing 19 high-income and upper middle-income countries between 1981 and 2014

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“…Specifically, there has been a nearly universal increase in body mass index (BMI)11 12 and decline in aerobic capacity10–16 across the world. However, studies on different cohorts have shown divergent trends in aspects of muscular fitness: for example, despite the decline in upper body strength, leg muscle power increased;17 or increased handgrip strength was accompanied by a decrease in leg muscle power 18. Changes in fitness may depend on the population studied and tests applied, thus stratifying trends is important to use the same standardised procedures in the same population.…”

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Secular trends in physical fitness and body size in Lithuanian children and adolescents between 1992 and 2012

Venckūnas

Emeljanovas

Miežienė

et al. 2016

J Epidemiol Community Health

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“…Differences among these results could be related to sample characteristics and protocols (e.g., differences in running surfaces or practices runs). 33 Issues related to motivation and opportunity for practice also act as confounders and cannot be controlled.…”

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Secular Trends in Anthropometrics and Physical Fitness of Young Portuguese School-Aged Children

Costa

Reis

et al. 2017

Acta Med Port

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RESUMOIntrodução: Analisar as tendências seculares ao nível da antropometria e aptidão física das crianças portuguesas. Material e Métodos: Um grupo de 1819 crianças (881 rapazes e 938 raparigas) entre os 10 e os 11 anos de idade, foi avaliado no 5º e 6º ano de escolaridade durante 20 anos. A ANCOVA foi usada para analisar as variações de antropometria (índice de massa corporal, peso e altura) e aptidão física (sentar e alcançar, força abdominal, salto horizontal e corrida de velocidade) durante quatro quinquénios (1993 -1998; 1998 -2003; 2003 -2008 e 2008 -2013 (1993 -1998; 1998 -2003; 2003 -2008; 2008 -2013).Results: Secular trends showed the presence of heavier boys and girls with higher body mass index in the 5 th and 6 th grade throughout the last 20 years. There was also a presence of taller girls but just until the 3 rd quinquennial. Both boys and girls were able to perform better on the core strength test and sprint time but become less flexible over the years. Mean jumping performance remained unchanged for both genders. Discussion: The present study provides novel data on anthropometrics and physical fitness trends over the last two decades in young Portuguese children, consistent with the results reported in other developed countries. Conclusion: Evidence for the start of a positive secular trend in body mass index and in some physical fitness components over the last two decades among the Portuguese youth.

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Secular trends in physical fitness of Mozambican school‐aged children and adolescents

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Temporal trends in the cardiorespiratory fitness of children and adolescents representing 19 high-income and upper middle-income countries between 1981 and 2014

Temporal trends in the cardiorespiratory fitness of children and adolescents representing 19 high-income and upper middle-income countries between 1981 and 2014

Secular trends in physical fitness and body size in Lithuanian children and adolescents between 1992 and 2012

Secular Trends in Anthropometrics and Physical Fitness of Young Portuguese School-Aged Children

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