Physical activity and obesity mediate the association between childhood motor function and adolescents' academic achievement

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1917-1922

  Kantomaa, Marko T ^a,b   Stamatakis, Emmanuel ^c   Kankaanpää, Anna ^a   Kaakinen, Marika ^d   Rodriguez, Alina ^b,e,f   Taanila, Anja ^d,g   Ahonen, Timo ^h   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^b,d   Tammelin, Tuija ^a  

^a LIKES RESEARCH CENTER FOR SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Exercise; Motor skills; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873171991     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1214574110     Document Type: Article

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