Relationship of physical activity with motor skills, aerobic fitness and body fat in preschool children: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study (Ballabeina)

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 937-944

  Burgi F ^a   Meyer, U ^a   Granacher, U ^b   Schindler, C ^a   Marques Vidal, P ^c   Kriemler, S ^a   Puder, J J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

accelerometers; adiposity; physical fitness; young children

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGILITY; ARTICLE; BALANCE BEAM; BIOELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960227026     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.54     Document Type: Article

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